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How to use GPS for hiking navigation

A GPS - or global positioning system - is a handy tool for hillwalkers. We examine how to use GPS for hiking navigation ...
If you’re a bee, your life (and the lives of 50,000 sisters in the hive) depends on navigation. Particularly, on your ability ...
The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...
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Can I use Google Maps for hiking?

With the number of mountain rescue incidents caused by people relying on Google Maps rising, we explain why using it for ...
PACKING FOR A hiking trip sounds simple enough. But packing properly is more challenging than it seems. Beyond the obvious— ...
My Maps is a hugely powerful custom maps creation tool that Google has forgotten about. Here's how I use it to level up Google Maps.
Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...
Conifer may not be present in Hollow Knight: Silksong, but a new cartographer has taken his place. Shakra is a proud warrior and map-maker who is ready to fight — with both pen and sword. Like in ...
When I was laid off from my dream job, these storytelling practices helped me figure out an even better future.
Your old playbook was about optimizing the known. Your new one must be about navigating the emergent possibilities of ...
Scientists discovered how the brain uses objects to anchor our sense of direction, solving part of the mystery of spatial ...
Armed with nuclear missiles, the USS Growler acted as a deterrent to keep other nations from using their nuclear weapons during the Cold War.