Great video, Bret. Comment: When the little Garmin GPS handhelds came out we quickly forgot about printed maps. Now in love with the little AA battery-powered critters; sales of the USGS paper quadrangles dropped. Our mapping skills soon dropped to zero. Big mistake. In the event of a national emergency the flip of a switch could encrypt the GPS transmissions and we'd all be out of luck.Thanks for keeping this important - and fun - skill alive!
Thank you John ! GPS is there until it isn't . There are many today who have never even handled a paper map besides one for a theme park perhaps. Thanks for watching !
Very much so. Route planning on a road trip is another. I am a big proponent of using the Delorme Atlas Gazetteer and back roads on road trips unfortunately I have become spoiled using GPS and need to get back to using the map book myself. We have to be smarter than a smartphone IMHO. Thanks for watching !
You have a number of good tips in your video. I have never had someone give a quadrant bearing. I guess the weather station is the only example of common usage.
Great video, Bret. Comment: When the little Garmin GPS handhelds came out we quickly forgot about printed maps. Now in love with the little AA battery-powered critters; sales of the USGS paper quadrangles dropped. Our mapping skills soon dropped to zero. Big mistake. In the event of a national emergency the flip of a switch could encrypt the GPS transmissions and we'd all be out of luck.Thanks for keeping this important - and fun - skill alive!
Thank you John ! GPS is there until it isn't . There are many today who have never even handled a paper map besides one for a theme park perhaps. Thanks for watching !
I gotta grab my compass and watch this again! Good stuff! I am looking forward to more land navigation content.
Thank you ! Creating this video was a good was a good refresher. Thanks for watching !
Yeah this is a skill that goes flat very fast when not in use, Thanks for the mini refresher.
Very much so. Route planning on a road trip is another. I am a big proponent of using the Delorme Atlas Gazetteer and back roads on road trips unfortunately I have become spoiled using GPS and need to get back to using the map book myself. We have to be smarter than a smartphone IMHO. Thanks for watching !
You have a number of good tips in your video. I have never had someone give a quadrant bearing. I guess the weather station is the only example of common usage.
Thank you very much . Quadrant bearing is commonly used in land surveying - section township range . Thanks for watching !