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Be Expert with Map and Compass
The Complete Orienteering Handbook

Carina Kjellstrom Elgin (Author), Bjorn Kjellstrom (Author)

9781394375615, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 23 October 2025

288 pages
21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.272 kg

The classic map and compass navigation guide, updated with new features and tips

Be Expert with Map and Compass is a popular, easy-to-use orienteering handbook that has been helping people find their way for more than 70 years. This new edition contains a variety of updates on the essentials of map reading, with new photos and stories included throughout. In this refreshed, modern take on the classic outdoor navigation guide, readers will learn:

  • How to read a map, map symbols, traveling by map and compass alone or by map and compass together, finding bearings, sketching maps, and traveling in the wilderness
  • Compass design basics, how to test your compass skills, understand declination, and special uses of your compass in fishing and hunting
  • Competitive orienteering basics, with information on how to organize an orienteering event and prepare the course beforehand

The Fourth Edition of Be Expert with Map and Compass remains the book of choice for professional outdoorsmen, novice orienteers, and outdoor organizations as well as teachers, scout leaders, recreational hikers, hunters, and others around the world seeking to feel more comfortable in the wilderness.

Preface to the Fourth Edition vii

Part 1 The Art (and Science) of Navigation and Orienteering 1

The Map and Compass in Your Everyday Life 5

The Map and Compass in the Outdoors 7

Map and Compass for the Family 10

Map and Compass Bringing People Together 11

Using the Map and Compass in Education 12

The “Passion” of Orienteering 14

Part 2 Discovery: Fun with Maps Alone 17

What Is a Map? 18

What the Map Tells 28

Traveling by Map 63

Part 3 Exploration: Fun and Learning with the Compass 77

The Origin of the Compass 80

Compass Design Basics 86

Traveling by Compass Alone 89

Test Your Compass Skills 102

Fishing and Hunting: Special Use of Your Compass 119

A Hunter’s Story 126

Part 4 Adventure: Fun and Learning with Map and Compass 131

The Excitement of the Uncertain 131

Traveling by Map and Compass: Orienteering 147

Hints on Wilderness Orienteering 168

Part 5 Challenge: Competitive Orienteering 173

The History of the Sport of Orienteering 176

Your First Orienteering Race 203

Hints on Competitive Orienteering 214

Overcoming Obstacles 217

Following Your Routes 220

The Postmortem 230

Part 6 Organizing an Orienteering Event 233

Preparing the Course 235

Running an Orienteering Event 253

Answers to Tests 265

Epilogue 269

Index 271

Subject Areas: Geography [RG]
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