Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that it doesn’t customarily do daily. This is one of the reasons that ...

Participants in orienteering use their trusty compass and map to navigate an area to get to wooden posts called “controls.” Gina Padilla, program coordinator at the Kings Gap Environmental Education ...

Navigating: problems and strategies -- When and where -- A matter of time -- Insect compasses -- Vertebrate compasses -- Piloting and inertial navigation -- The map sense -- Migration and the future: ...

In The Forest, it can be easy to get lost in the dangerous wilderness and labyrinth-like cave systems, but if you have the Map and Compass you will have an easier time keeping track of where you have ...

There’s something deeply reassuring about being prepared, whether you’re trekking through uncharted wilderness or simply navigating the unpredictability of daily life. Yet, finding the right tools to ...

I’ve been navigating with compass and map since I was a boy, and I still find my way around in that Neanderthal way--instead of using my GPS-enabled smartphone--for one simple reason: I enjoy it.