Describes how to find directions using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.
www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php
Kjetil Kjernsmo's illustrated compass tutorial. It teaches how to use a compass in several lessons. From an easy introduction to how to find the way in dense fog or if you haven't got a compass. Also contains suggested exercises.
www.learn-orienteering.org/old
A free online e-book on map reading and land navigation. It covers how to read a map and how to use a compass. Based on US Army training manuals.
The OA Guide to Map and Compass. Information on wilderness navigation using map and compass.
www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml
Electronic Compass with the same innovative patented magnetic sensor technology found in GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles. An Electronic Digital Compass now available for your vehicle, boat, motorcycle, bicycle or hiking.
www.electronic-compass.com
Sun Compass Using a Horizontal Sundial as a Sun Compass - by John C. Fakan, Ph.D. usscod@en.com In each image the magnetic compass is adjusted for the 5-deg W local magnetic variation. (Click on the thumbnails for a larger image.) Sun Compass set for 17 Jan 1999 1245 17 Jan 99 1250 - Comparison with magnetic compass 17 Jan 99 1300. Case of magnetic compass is adjusted for local variation 17 Jan ...
www.usscod.org/suncomp/suncomp.html
