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Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 07:13:45 No.2758957 View View Reply Original Report

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Do you take a compass and maps when you're /out/ or do you rely on some electronic gizmo?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 07:17:53 No.2758958 Report

Quoted By: >>2759315 >>2765071

>>2758957
as a germanfag i dont need it, in every direction i walk ~1h i will come to a street/house

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 10:35:36 No.2758980 Report

Quoted By: >>2759315

>>2758957
Neither, I just have a good sense of direction. And I don't walk that far into unmarked, unknown paths.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 13:11:37 No.2759016 Report

Quoted By: >>2759154 >>2759315

>>2758957
I've never tried a gps for hiking so I always bring map and compass because it's what I'm familiar with but I don't usually do anything that requires much navigation.
is a gps worth having / learning to use?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 14:44:34 No.2759042 Report

Quoted By: >>2759315

>>2758957
I try not to veer far from any trail, if I do I check the sun if I can to get a quick orientation (rarely am I walking after dark). It's easier to get lost than most people think. No I don't keep a map, but I have a phone, watch with compass and a power bank good for 6-7 charges of both.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 14:59:14 No.2759044 Report

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have an old Suunto one, print my own maps from the national geologic society
>https://sdfikort.dk/spatialmap?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 17:01:09 No.2759113 Report

Quoted By: >>2759178

>>2758957
I use my phone and downloaded maps. I was good at land nav in the military and I've been thinking about getting back into it. Why are USGS quads all 1:24000 but compass romers are all 1:25000? Military compasses also have metric scales. USGS needs to use metric like Jefferson wanted.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 17:57:12 No.2759154 Report

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>>2758957
There is absolutely zero reason to bring a map, compass or GPS to trail hike. If you can't route plan and have a general idea where you are on a trail without a map you have no business going off trail even with a map or GPS.
>>2759016
If you know how to read a map the only thing you need the GPS for is a grid location.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Jul 2024 18:49:11 No.2759178 Report

Quoted By: >>2759272 >>2759273

>>2759113
FSO here:
I use 1:32,500 because the size is perfect and it pisses of metric fags. GPS is for pussies and minorities driving in big cities.
You can scale USGS maps to whatever you want them to be numbskull.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 01:23:30 No.2759272 Report

Quoted By: >>2759312

>>2759178
You can custom print them yourself or through a service like MyTopo, but the standard quads you can buy off the shelf are only available in 1:24000.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 01:24:50 No.2759273 Report

Quoted By: >>2759312

>>2759178
Also, good luck finding a compass with romers or rulers at that scale. Do you even know what romers are for?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 01:26:02 No.2759274 Report

Quoted By: >>2759314

alltrails pro
there's tons of details that don't appear on usgs topo maps which were made 30 years ago and never updated properly
also, shitty but alltrails stopped letting you look at the topo layer on its desktop app, still works on your phone, I use caltopo but still, annoying

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 04:52:47 No.2759312 Report

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>>2759272
>The standard maps you can buy are [error]
I buy them from my friend who I've known for decades. He owns the local outdoor store.
>>2759273
If you need a ruler on your compass to get a grid off a map you suck at life. Even when I was calling in danger close air strikes I wouldn't use my fucking compass ruler to increase fidelity.

If I actually need something so exact in a grid square that it has to be plotted perfectly I could do it better than you with a 3x5 note card than you can with .. well anything really.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 04:57:06 No.2759314 Report

Quoted By: >>2761754 >>2763291

>>2759274
Alltraills uses USGS you mouthbreathing retard.
I am 100% sure you have NO idea what USGS actually is.

Do you know what a map datum is? clearly not.
Do you know what an ellipsoid is? clearly not.

As usual celltards shilling gps software don't know basic shit about cartography.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 04:57:57 No.2759315 Report

Quoted By: >>2764827

>>2758958
>in every direction i walk ~1h i will come to a street/house
>>2758980
>I don't walk that far into unmarked, unknown paths.
>>2759016
>I don't usually do anything that requires much navigation.
>>2759042
>I try not to veer far from any trail
ahahah this has got to be bait omfg

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 05:14:32 No.2759319 Report

Quoted By: >>2759320

GPS on the bars as a datalogger/quick double-check that i'm on the right track.

Do most of my pretrip in CalTopo, which syncs to my phone, which I also have with me. And usually a laptop or two. Once the caltopo map is gtg, i kick out the important waypoints/tracks to gpx and squirt it into the gps.

I'll still use some paper maps, but it's few and far between.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 05:16:23 No.2759320 Report

Quoted By: >>2762067

>>2759319
>No trees
>Can see for miles
The fact that you even need a map in that terrain makes it clear you're not a person who knows shit about land navigation lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 05:39:45 No.2759332 Report

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>>2758957
i take a GPS and a compass

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Jul 2024 09:34:05 No.2759362 Report

Quoted By: >>2761321

>>2758957
The only topo maps made for my /out/phobic shithole were drawn by the US Army more than two decades ago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Aug 2024 15:58:18 No.2761321 Report

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>>2759362
Wya

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Aug 2024 00:08:55 No.2761454 Report

Quoted By: >>2761456

>>2758957
Both but I really don't need anything. More for emergency or if the clouds roll in and I don't see the sun or the stars. You can use your shadow to determine where north is, just keep turning in a circle until where your shadow would be on a sun dial for the current time. Whatever direction you're facing is north. IDK how accurate this is but it always works for me. Also the sun travels across the southern sky in the northern hemisphere. As long as it isn't around noon you should be able to figure it out. At night I use the constellations I know to see where north and south is. Astronomy is not only fun but it will save your life. Big Dipper is always in the northern sky. Scorpio and Orion always in the southern sky

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 05 Aug 2024 00:13:23 No.2761456 Report

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>>2761454
Based rambling starwatcher.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Aug 2024 23:26:27 No.2761745 Report

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>>2758957
>Do you take a compass and maps when you're /out/
Always.
>or do you rely on some electronic gizmo?
I'm a computer programmer. I will never trust my life to an electronic gizmo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Aug 2024 23:37:20 No.2761754 Report

Quoted By: >>2761982 >>2761984 >>2762035

>>2759314
>I can't feel special anymore because technology has rendered 1990s map-and-compass navigation obsolete. Mommy help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Aug 2024 19:08:15 No.2761982 Report

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>>2761754
>Map and compass is obsolete because of cellphones
AHAHAHAHHA
hHAHAHAHHA
AHAHAH
>giggle snort
Ahahhah

omg you're as retarded as you are adorable. Seriously, you live in down town NYC.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Aug 2024 19:10:18 No.2761984 Report

Quoted By: >>2762012 >>2764458

>>2761754
>Relies on nothing but cellphone
>Dies
many such cases

https://www.boreal.org/2019/07/06/204271/-death-by-gps-officials-warn-against-trusting-tech-in-the-wilderness

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Aug 2024 20:23:12 No.2762012 Report

Quoted By: >>2762013 >>2762337

>>2761984
This was an issue with blinding trusting Google Maps for navigation, not with using a cellphone or GPS.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Aug 2024 20:26:19 No.2762013 Report

Quoted By: >>2762337

>>2762012
*blindly

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Aug 2024 21:37:01 No.2762035 Report

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>>2761754
>obsolete
Until they make a handheld GPS with unlimited battery life, map and compass will remain a viable option

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 06 Aug 2024 23:49:28 No.2762066 Report

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>>2758957
Why are you showing a cartoon of military gayness ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Aug 2024 23:50:29 No.2762067 Report

Quoted By: >>2762335

>>2759320
You are clearly 12

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Aug 2024 19:32:24 No.2762335 Report

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>>2762067
Even at 12 I wouldn't need a map or compass to not get lost on a treeless mountain in a desert. 12 year old me is laughing even harder at you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Aug 2024 19:34:02 No.2762337 Report

Quoted By: >>2764532

>>2762012
>>2762013
>Doesn't know how to read a map
>Tells other people not to blindly trust GPS
...ehhhhh

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 Aug 2024 14:49:44 No.2762630 Report

Quoted By: >>2762647

I never enter backcountry without a map of the area and a compass. My partner has offline GPS as a backup system for when we can’t figure out where we are from the map. Usually this degree of navigation aids isn’t necessary for marked trails, but we like to check our position during breaks simply because we find land nav to be interesting. And it’s a skill worth practicing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 Aug 2024 15:39:39 No.2762647 Report

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>>2762630
I own maps for all the trails I hike on but I never bring the maps on the trails. I have all the important stuff memorized. I do bring them when I go off trail for a summit or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Aug 2024 22:22:53 No.2763291 Report

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>>2759314
you sound highly autistic

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2024 22:17:22 No.2764456 Report

Quoted By: >>2767577

>>2758957
phone, man... offline maps and built in gps will sort you out better than any stupid compass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Aug 2024 22:20:43 No.2764458 Report

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>>2761984
>in rural areas, if you lose cell service, the GPS on your phone will be unreliable and won’t be able to recalculate

don't fucking use google maps jfc! use a real offline hiking map app! your gps does not need cellular service it uses satellites.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Aug 2024 06:09:27 No.2764532 Report

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>>2762337
No, I'm saying don't trust GPS. I'm saying don't use Google Maps for directions in that situation. GPS is fine. Misusing Google Maps was the problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Aug 2024 00:32:23 No.2764827 Report

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>>2759315
memorizing landmarks is the correct way, paper LARP is still LARP.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Aug 2024 19:58:54 No.2765071 Report

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>>2758958
Yup, same, I still take a compass and map with me, just in case

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 16:32:49 No.2767522 Report

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>>2758957
Nope. I just use a handheld Garmin. I've gone outside more than you, too. Tbh I probably go outside more than any ten larpers on this board.
You're in here whining about compasses and maps and I'm just out there getting after it. Stop and think about that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 19:27:15 No.2767577 Report

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>>2764456
spotted the zoomer that can't read a map

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