It's a shame how many people don't know how to use a compass, especially when the National Park Service lists it as a top 10 safety item. Here's how to get started. The post How to use a compass for ...

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Improve your ability to hike confidently and safely in winter with these essential navigation tips from our experts.

My wife and I enjoy hiking off trail and for our bushwhacking adventures, we use a paper topographic map, a compass and a handheld GPSR.

Here are seven key factors to consider when navigating in winter. For detail each, click the links or scroll down the guide.

With all the electronic gadgetry that exists -- cell phones, GPS units, personal locator beacons -- why bother learning how to navigate like pathfinders of the last (20th) century, with map and ...

Compass is a tool in Minecraft that helps players navigate through the vast in-game world. There are three different types of compass, which point towards three different locations and have different ...

To help you pick the right compass, I tested the best compasses to evaluate their features, strengths, and weaknesses. To properly review these different compasses, I researched additional mapping and ...

Latest call out for walkers to take more responsibility for their well-being and safety in cold and snow comes after the pair ...

A new strategy for measuring magnetic fields could one day lead to a host of new quantum sensors—from tools that might map out the activity of the human brain to devices that could help airplane ...

Here’s how it works. Apple Maps is one of the strongest navigation apps out there, despite it's rocky start. Having Apple Maps on your iPhone right out of the box makes it one of the most ...

MassDOT announced on Monday that the South of Palmer Yard is the best site for the future Palmer train station.