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2005

Format:	Book
Author:	Kals, W. S.
Title:	Land navigation handbook : the Sierra Club guide to map, compass & GPS / W.S. Kals.
Edition:	2nd ed. / completely updated, with new text by Clyde Soles.
Publisher, Date:	San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, ©2005.
Description:	viii, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Summary:	Presents a comprehensive guide to land navigation and offers instruction on choosing and using a compass, reading topographic maps, measuring distances, and navigation using the sun and stars as well as providing a fold-out map, drawings, and photographs.
Series:	A Sierra Club outdoor adventure guide Sierra Club outdoor adventure guide.
Subjects:	Orienteering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Maps -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Navigation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre:	Handbooks and manuals.
Other Author:	Soles, Clyde, 1959- Sierra Club.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Land navigation -- Maps & map symbols -- Distance from the map -- Height from the map -- Direction from the map -- Choosing a compass -- Using your compass -- Magnetic direction -- Altimeter navigation -- GPS navigation -- Using your GPS -- Direction from the sky -- Navigation tricks.
Web Site:	Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2004065085
ISBN:	1578051223 9781578051229
Other Number:	57185530
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Control Number:	198290
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Call Number:	796.5 Kals

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