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#136309 - 07/14/10 09:34 PM How to get started using a topo map?
bmwrider member Registered: 07/31/08 Posts: 94 Loc: Michigan, just N of detroit	I have read a few books on the subject, and would like to know how all of you got started after doing the reading, did you just get a topo and walk into the woods? My aera is rather flat with no large viewable peaks for tianglulation how do I get started?
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How to get started using a topo map?	bmwrider	07/14/10 09:34 PM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	Glenn	07/14/10 10:28 PM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	bmwrider	07/14/10 11:15 PM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	balzaccom	07/14/10 11:28 PM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	bmwrider	07/15/10 11:32 AM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	ringtail	07/15/10 08:53 AM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	wandering_daisy	07/15/10 10:17 AM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	bmwrider	07/15/10 11:22 AM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	bmwrider	07/15/10 11:38 AM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	Glenn	07/15/10 12:58 PM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	Jimshaw	07/15/10 04:40 PM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	finallyME	07/15/10 04:58 PM
Re: How to get started using a topo map?	Glenn	07/15/10 05:00 PM