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| Getting to Grips with GPS (Cordee, ISBN: 9781904207382) GPS and digital mapping is the new map and compass and Getting to Grips with GPS will set you on your way to mastering this new technology. Expert tips and learning exercises will help consolidate your learning as you increase your understanding. Using step-by-step screen shots as a reference tool you will find quick solutions to: Setting up your GPS; marking a waypoint; saving a tracklog; navigating a route and using your GPS abroad û the authors are market leaders in providing GPS training and they have brought their wealth of experience to the printed page. more>> | |
| Land's End to John O'Groats Walk (Cordee, ISBN: 9781871890594) There's a special magic about the phrase `Land's End to John o'Groats. The names conjure up romantic images of challenge and adventure and the ultimate journey to the opposite ends of the kingdom! At Land's End you're on the finger tip of the South West peninsula looking out into the vastness of the Atlantic; while at the northern extremity the cold seas stretch out towards the Arctic Circle. Distance-wise, Land's End and John o'Groats represent the two points furthest apart on the British mainland. Britain's small island setting makes an `end to end' walk both complete and obtainable, and within the capabilities of most fit adults using cliff paths, old railway tracks, packhorse routes, canal towpaths, field paths, bridleways, National Trails, green lanes, open moorland, river. This guide is the undisputed starting point for anyone planning this walk. banks and other rights of way. Whether you're tackling the whole route in one go, or a section of the walk at a time, this guide is appetite-whetting reading for every walker. more>> | |
| Navigation for Walkers (Cordee, ISBN: 9781871890549) Navigation for Walkers is an easy to follow instruction book on how to fully understand and use maps, and the freedom this gives to navigate and complete any walk in the British countryside. Profusely illustrated in colour with 50 linked pairs of landscape photographs together with their exact map extract alongside. If you are at all apprehensive about taking the first steps exploring the countryside around you, then 'Navigation for Walkers' will certainly start you on the right path to aquiring the skills to navigate and complete any walk in Britain. Only with a good understanding of maps and by using them correctly can any walker truly experience the quiet exhilaration and freedom of walking centuries old paths, bridle and green lanes which make up the thousands of miles of public rights of way that criss-cross Britain's uniquely beautiful and often remote open countryside. Based on the Ordnance Survey's new Explorer maps, as well as the Outdoor Leisure and Landranger series, this book takes the reader step by step through the essential techniques of map reading, navigation skills, reading the compass and route planning. Julian Tippett has fifty years experience of route finding by map in the hills and moors of Britain; he teaches navigation skills and advises both the Ramblers' Association and the National Navigation Award Scheme. more>> | |
| Toubkal and Marrakech Map (Cordee, ISBN: 9781904207474) A detailed, accurate and up-to-date trekking map of Jebel Toubkal in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, the highest peak in North Africa and popular trekking destination. A street plan of Marrakech is on the reverse. 1:50,000 topographic map detail includes contours at 20m intervals, hill-shading, woodland and scrub areas, springs, creeks, rivers and dry riverbeds. Road detail includes tracks and footpaths, and funicular railways and ski-lifts are also indicated. Isolated buildings are marked and symbols show ski-stations, refuges and religious buildings. A 1km UTM grid is drawn over the map and margin ticks are at 1’ intervals. n the reverse is a clear plan of Marrakech at approximately 1:8,700. It covers the Medina district and extends westwards to the main railway terminus. Colours highlight main sites of interest, public buildings, shopping areas/markets and pedestrian zones. One-way streets are marked and symbols show a range of useful features e.g. hotels, taxi ranks, car parks, information offices, petrol stations, public water fountains, places of worship, police stations, hospitals etc. more>> | |
| Valleys of South Wales, The Gower and Lower Wye Valley (Cordee, ISBN: 9781871890198) more>> |
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