Wilderness Basics: A Step by Step Guide

straightforward, simply explained book, Wilderness Navigation. Now they've written a book for everyone who has

bought a backcountry GPS device and found it inexplicably complicated to use (which includes most of us). Wilderness

GPS is an easy-to-use guide to get you navigating the outdoors with your handheld GPS device. Wondering how to

choose from the variety of gear and computer programs, or how to use a GPS with your map and compass effectively?

Wilderness GPS details this and more including:

How to select your GPS gear

Getting started and practice routines

Different coordinate systems: latitude and longitude vs. Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

Routefinding in wilderness settings, including common scenarios

GPS vs. map and compass routefinding

Using GPS on water

Using your GPS with a home computer or mobile "smart" device