Mapping Wilderness

Author : Stephen J. Carver,Steffen Fritz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401773997

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Mapping Wilderness by Stephen J. Carver,Steffen Fritz Pdf

This volume gives a comprehensive overview of wilderness mapping, and in doing so covers the conceptual and philosophical foundations, techniques and methodological approaches, and applications at a variety of spatial scales. The Editors have brought together a range of contributors who are both experts in their field and cutting-edge thinkers in the wilderness and spatial mapping domain. Spatial information technology and mapping science is a rapidly expanding and a developing field and so it is expected to be able to add to this volume in the future. This book provides a record of the "state of the art" and will enable the reader to follow this lead and map his/her own wilderness.

Author : Bob Burns,Mike Burns
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594852060

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Wilderness Navigation by Bob Burns,Mike Burns Pdf

* GPS chapter completely updated to reflect newer models and features of GPS receivers now available * Expanded to include a section on routefinding on glaciers, along with additional information on changing declination * Extensive illustrated examples of orientation and wilderness navigation Proceed with confidence when heading off-road or off-trail with the second edition of Wilderness Navigation. Whether you are climbing a glacier, orienteering in the backcountry, or on an easy day hike, Mike and Bob Burns cover all the latest technology and time-tested methods to help you learn to navigate-from how to read a map to compasses and geomagnetism. Bob Burns is a long-time member of The Mountaineers. He has taught classes in the use of map and compass since the late 1970s. Mike Burns is an avid climber. He has instructed climbing and navigation classes, and written articles for Climbing magazine. Part of the The Mountaineers Outdoor Basics series! Created for beginning-to-intermediate enthusiasts, this series includes everything anyone would need to know about staying safe and having fun in the backcountry.

Author : Tom Shardlow
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459726185

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Mapping the Wilderness by Tom Shardlow Pdf

David Thompsons story is one of the great tales of North American adventure. His life was a mixture of truth and legend, but he was without a doubt one of the greatest surveyors and mapmakers of the North American continent. Raised in a charity school in London, England, and apprenticed to the Hudsons Bay Company as a teenager, he then travelled extensively, recording valuable navigational information. His life was one of adventure and hardship but also of incredible accomplishment.

Author : Marcus Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89059128496

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Mapping Wilderness Perceptions in Mount Rainier National Park by Marcus Cole Pdf

Author : Fred Touche
Publisher : Touche Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780973252743

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Wilderness Navigation Handbook by Fred Touche Pdf

Designed for both land and water use, this comprehensive guide helps unlock the complexity of map and chart reading as it relates to navigation. Beginning with detailed technical descriptions of the tools of navigation—a compass, an altimeter, a GPS system, and a sextant—this handbook shows how to use these tools either individually or in combination with each other to navigate any area. Factors that cause tools and techniques to fail are discussed, such as why an altimeter often shows the wrong elevation, a GPS position is sometimes off track, and the sun often points in an unexpected direction. Twenty-one real-life scenarios provide practical wisdom for even the most intrepid navigator. Specific information on using the moon for directions and the stars for position, measuring boiling water temperature for elevation, map projections, map datums, great circle routes, and the UTM/UPS grid system is included.

Author : Phoebe Smith
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Camp sites, facilities, etc
ISBN : 9781841629124

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Wilderness Weekends by Phoebe Smith Pdf

Bed down among some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world and discover your own bolthole in one of Britain's rugged corners. Wilderness Weekends reveals the 26 best places for wild camping from the south coast of England to Scotland's far north. Each weekend includes practical advice, detailed maps and inspiring photographs to help the camping enthusiast take the next adventurous step. With a host of hard-won tips on what to take and when to go, this is the helping hand needed to unlock your outdoor potential.

Author : Ken Keffer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493022281

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Hiking Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains by Ken Keffer Pdf

From short scenic day trips to multi-day backpacking excursions, Hiking Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains covers dozens of trails throughout the region including lands of the Bighorn National Forest, the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area, as well as surrounding state and federal lands. Written by outdoor enthusiast and author, Ken Keffer, Hiking Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains takes new and veteran hikers alike through the beautiful alpine lakes and wilderness of northern Wyoming.

Author : Peter B. Landres
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Geographic information systems
ISBN : MINN:31951D03000031K

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GIS Applications to Wilderness Management by Peter B. Landres Pdf

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly being used in all areas of natural resource management. This paper first presents a brief primer on GIS, and then discusses potential applications of GIS to wilderness management in the areas of inventorying, monitoring, analysis, planning, and communication. Outlined are the limitations and pitfalls that could compromise the effectiveness of a wilderness GIS, and several suggestions are included for improving the chances of successfully using GIS in wilderness management.

Author : Bradley M. Gottfried
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : United States
ISBN : 1611212588

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The Maps of the Wilderness by Bradley M. Gottfried Pdf

This book continues Bradley M. Gottfried's efforts to study and illustrate the major campaigns of the Civil War's Eastern Theater. This is his fifth book in the ongoing Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series. This latest magisterial work breaks down the entire campaign into 24 map sets enriched with 120 original full-page color maps. These cartographic

Author : Tom Shardlow
Publisher : Napoleon and Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0929141857

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Mapping the Wilderness by Tom Shardlow Pdf

David Thompsons story is one of the great tales of North American adventure. His life was a mixture of truth and legend, but he was without a doubt one of the greatest surveyors and mapmakers of the North American continent. His life was one of adventure and hardship but also of incredible accomplishment.

Author : Cliff Jacobson,Lon Levin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781461745686

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Basic Illustrated Map and Compass by Cliff Jacobson,Lon Levin Pdf

BASIC ILLUSTRATED MAP AND COMPASS Wilderness guide Cliff Jacobson created the map and compass curriculum for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and here he shows easy-to-follow steps on choosing a compass, reading contour lines and other map features, using them in concert with a GPS receiver, plotting a course in the wilderness, navigating at night by the stars, and much more.

Author : Calvin Rutstrum
Publisher : New York : Collier Books ; London : Collier-Macmillan Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015003515627

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The Wilderness Route Finder by Calvin Rutstrum Pdf

Author : Nicholas Guitard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 0864928777

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The Lost Wilderness by Nicholas Guitard Pdf

"For more than 50 years, William Francis Ganong explored the wilderness of New Brunswick to document its natural history. The importance of his work is well understood by academics studying natural history or cartography, but for the most part, it is unknown to the general public. The intention of this book is to provide a photographic and narrative account of a selection of Ganong's reports to the Natural History Society of New Brunswick through first-hand research and fieldwork. For the most part, I have attempted to find the exact locations in which Ganong may have stood when he conducted barometric readings to measure the height of mountain or a series of compass bearings to triangulate a particular location to a known reference point. Poring over his sketched maps and reports, and aided by current topographical maps and Google Earth, I identified coordinates and routes that would guide me to the various sites. Always the advocate, I usually invited friends along, for safety as well as to spread the word about Ganong. With field notes, maps, GPS, compass and, most important, my camera equipment, we tramped through some pretty tough forest, across brooks, in streams, slogged through wet meadows and down steep mountainsides, in pursuit of the best photographs to illustrate the physiographic elements that Ganong documented."--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : CORNELL:31924087273094

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Proceedings RMRS. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bob Burns,Mike Burns
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594859465

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Wilderness Navigation by Bob Burns,Mike Burns Pdf

CLICK HERE to download a sample • The official navigation textbook used in outdoor education courses by thousands of students • Goodreads.com readers rated the previous edition 4 out of 5 stars (and now it’s even better!) • Map and compass skills remain the foundation for traveling safely in the wilderness This new third edition is a major and complete update of the popular textbook: • Improved throughout for clarity, with chapter objectives presented at the beginning of each chapter and summaries, “skills check” mini-quizzes, and practice problems listed at the end • Updated descriptions of the most current maps, compasses, altimeters, and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers • Updated declination maps for the United States and the world (declination changes over time and compasses must be adjusted for a specific location to provide correct readings) • Much-expanded GPS chapter, including interfacing the GPS receiver with the home computer, maximizing battery life, and using the GPS function on a “smart” phones (along with a description of their limitations) • Additional information on non-GPS navigational techniques • Recommended websites, apps, and other sources of useful navigational information