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Navigation in the 21st Century Part 4 – Smartphone as a Multitool

19th March 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Smartphone as a multitool: just need the right help

I remember life before mobile phones (and I’m not that old!) and I also remember that the dream for me as a sci-fi loving teenager was the idea of a fully functional, responsive and light computer. Now I have it: the smartphone. It is funny (though not surprising) to think how easily we got hooked […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: AllTrails, Delorme inReach SE, GPS, Memory-Map, Mountain Weather UK, Navigation, Samsung Galaxy S4, Uepaa!, Viewranger

Navigation in the 21st Century Part 3 – Using a GPS watch outdoors, Garmin Fenix 2 case study

27th February 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Using a GPS watch for navigation

I always considered a GPS watch is one of those luxury items, which is why it took me so many years of navigation outdoors, trail running and general training to get one; what a mistake! I should have bought a GPS watch ages ago – it is now my favourite tool of navigation along with […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: Ambit, Fenix, Garmin, Garmin Fenix 2, GLONASS, GNSS, GPS, Navigation, Suunto

Map Reading – What are grid and coordinates systems?

9th February 2015 by Gilad Nachmani

Just a wet walk in the Cairngorms, it has nothing to do with coordinates systems but it's nice

If this is the first time you are joining the Map Reading series, you should start from the first post. A grid system on a map is usually square and is represented by drawn lines on the map creating those squares. The purpose of the grid system is to give each point in the map […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: GCS, Geographic Coordinate Systems, GPS, land navigation, latitude, longitude, Navigation, Universal Transverse Mercator, UTM

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