Compass: With few words Easy to follow

Compass: With few words Easy to follow

A compass is extremely valuable equipment used by scouts and hikers, pilots and campers, in airplanes, in mobile phones, captains of ships at sea, on spaceships and guided missiles, by car drivers and mountain climbers (even fortune tellers!). It’s everywhere. It is such a simple and powerful tool that everyone should know how to use it. Prepare yourself and you always find the way! <br /> <br />This book is with as little text as possible and lots of pictures to make it quick to read, easy to follow, easy to remember and easy to recall. <br /> <br />See the Table of Contents to know what to expect from this book. <br /> <br />Forewords <br />The history <br /> The compass <br />Types of Compasses <br /> Digital and Modern Compasses <br />Basic compass <br />Advanced Compass <br />Compass Rose <br />Scales <br />Declination <br /> Terminology <br /> The Three North <br /> Magnetic Declination Basics <br />Declination Changes Over Time <br />Magnetic Meridians <br /> Inclination or Dip <br /> Local Anomalies <br /> <br /> Compass Use <br />Compass Use <br /> Accurate reading <br />Orienting compass <br />Taking and following bearing <br />Direction of object and direction of travel <br />Map <br /> <br /> Map and Compass <br />Orienting Map and Land <br />Measure a Bearing on a Map with compass <br />Compass bearing on map <br />Determine Your Position on Map <br />Determine Position of an object on a Map <br />Measure Distance to objects <br />Calculations <br /> <br /> Directions without Compass <br />The sun <br />The stars <br />Analog Watch <br />Shadow-Tip <br />Nature <br /> <br /> DIY <br />How to make a Compass <br /> Emergency compass <br /> Simple homemade compass <br />How to Make a Protractor <br />How to Make a Clinometer <br /> <br /> Popular compass manufacturers <br />Do you need one? <br /> <br /> Appendix <br />Compass Tips and Terminology <br /> Tips <br /> Terms <br />The 32 Points of the Compass <br />Inclination slope <br />Declination Vectors <br />Declinations Online <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />