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Really good idea to know how to use both.
>because pic related.
GPS's are convenient, but they're still just a navigation tool. They have limitations. Batteries die. Or you crash the motorcycle and peel it apart like a banana.
I use my compass to get a quick north bearing, and I use the compass with my GPS when I'm looking for a waypoint.
>pull up waypoint
>says it's 1/4 mile at 123°M
>rotate compass to 123°
>red in the shed
>"Quarter mile that way."
>other guy pulls out his $500+ GPS
>same waypoint
>"No it's that way".
>actually your compass isn't calibrated, and if we followed you, we'd be going the wrong direction.
>go to that waypoint... down the valley and through the canyon
>actually yeah i was right, with my $150 GPS and $10 compass.
