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#86620 - 01/09/08 10:27 PM Re: using a compass [Re: chaz]
TomD Moderator Registered: 10/30/03 Posts: 4963 Loc: Marina del Rey,CA	Chaz, there are a couple of websites with basic compass lessons. Also, the Sierra Club has a book called Land Navigation that is pretty good. compass lesson Learn orienteering This site is pretty good too. A guy in Norway owns the site and put up the lessons. another compass site There are more sites-use "learn to use a compass" as your search terms on Yahoo. Edited by TomD (01/09/08 10:51 PM) _________________________ Don't get me started, you know how I get.
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Re: using a compass	midnightsun03	01/09/08 08:55 AM
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Re: using a compass	finallyME	01/09/08 10:00 AM
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Re: using a compass	Earthling	01/11/08 04:40 PM
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