Backpacker Magazine's Trailside Navigation Map and Compass

Backpacker magazines Trailside Navigation brings you essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor related information. Learn how to choose and use a compass and altimeter, read a map, plot a course and find your way through the wilderness, and use maps and compass in concert with a GPS receiver. Perfect for pack or pocket, this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full color photos and illustrations complement concise, clear text, introducing you to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors.