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Deluxe 19.09.2005               |
 Be Expert with Map and Compass Deluxe
Author Company: Wiley
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Be Expert with Map and Compass Deluxe 1 stars (Too outdated) - Don't waste your time or money ...
File Size: 8.00 kB
OS: Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / ME / XP / VISTA
License: Paperback - Time Limit, free to try, 12.89 to buy.
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Be Expert with Map and Compass - 1 stars (Too outdated) - Don't waste your ti
Be Expert with Map and Compass review:1 stars (Too outdated) - Don't waste your time or money. This was an okay book in its day (though it has zero content about altimeters) but that day is long past. The new edition of the Land Navigation Handbook covers the basics equally well and also educates on altimeters, digital mapping, and GPS. 5 stars (Thoughts from a beginner) - I signed up to compete in an all day adventure race with orienteering being the main focus. I had never done orienteering before in my life and had no idea what was involved. Upon advice from other racers I purchased BEWMAC (as those in the "know" call it) and I read this book to my team-mate over the course of a 5 hour drive from Pittsburgh to Detroit.
Literally this was my first exposure to orienteering. We were able to successfully navigate through an all day orienteering adventure race using this book. I thought it was easy to understand, came with a sample book and all of the skills were reinforced with simple quizzes at the end of each chapter. I have no doubt that there are more in debt studies, but from a beginners standpoint you can't go wrong. Just get it already.
2 stars (Vastly Overrated and Outdated) - This was the first book I ever bought on the subject of using a map and compass. It was recommended by everyone I knew, as there wasn't a whole lot else out there at the time, and it had been in print since 1955. About the best I can say for Kjellstrom's book is that it is better for beginners than the Sierra Club Handbook (also an old book), but that's about it. Illustrations are few and muddy, and the book has an ancient feel to it, with outdated references and quirky language (it's been in print for nearly 50 years, and the author died nearly 10 years ago when in his nineties). Fully half the book doesn't even deal with real-life wilderness navigation, but is instead devoted to the sport of orienteering (a fine sport, but with little relevance to practical backcountry navigation with its use of special large scale maps and specialized compasses used only to orient the map to north).
To conclude, the book is simply outdated and outmuscled by modern competitors. Once you've read newer books like The Essential Wilderness Navigator, or The Compass & Map Navigator, chances are you'll not pick up this book again.
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