In the world of land navigation, you will hear about pace counts. If you do a lot of dead reckoning, you will be constantly working on counts. Even if you focus on terrain association, it is an extremely useful tool, when properly applied. A pace is the length of your step or stride. By finding … Continue reading Pace Count
A basic navigation trick to make it a simple process to find your way back. A new hunter told me he couldn't go out in the woods alone because he would get lost. He had never really spent anytime in forest with the limited exception of a hiking on established trails, having grown up in … Continue reading Using Linear Features to Help you from Getting Lost
The news last week had reports of GPS jamming in airplanes in northern Europe. This was occurring in Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, and Lithuania. It was also noted that there was almost no reported issue in Belarus or in Kaliningrad. The last part, as they would say, is a clue. It would appear Russia … Continue reading GPS Service Outages
A basic question for a technique considered outdated by some....Why learn analog land navigation? After all, almost every cell phone has some level of GPS capability in it, and dedicated GPS units are fairly affordable and common place. I could begin by saying the GPS satellites are owned by military forces (US and Russian) and … Continue reading Why Learn Land Navigation with a Map & Compass??
https://youtu.be/BiuBv9QH4Sk Outpost 95 is now on YouTube! The first video is up, beginning a series on Land Navigation with Topographic Map and Compass. We are going to take a deep dive into this core fieldcraft skill. If you like it, please support the channel and subscribe. Thank you, -Joe
A prominent terrain feature makes it easy to keep your location in check. Psalm 107:4 ESV Some wandering in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in. Everyone that has had to navigate anywhere will reference landmarks. Those obvious features around that you can use to tell your general or exact location: … Continue reading Terrain Association
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