Do you know how to use a compass?

Read the sun? Like telling time using your shadow? Or?

@PeanutsauntieP1982: Nope directions, what if you lose your compass?

@SBelle: Well, you could orient yourself based on which direction the sun rises and sets in, or if it's night and you can see the North Star, you can use it as a guide too.

Yes, very useful. As a kid, my dad, brother and I would go hiking in the deserts, mountains, and the couple of forests close by. He'd make me tell him when the map said to turn, and my brother and I traded duty with the compass so we'd come out where we started. I sure enjoyed those hikes...:-D :-D

aw, that sounds wonderful :)

@vikiii: It was. Most of by best childhood memories are in the great outdoors. :-D you can tell I'm not a child of this generation, lol!

You remind me of a dear friend of mine. I'm good with finding the directions, like north, west, ect, but suck when it comes to telling my left from my right.*blushes*

yay for you! :)

No. Truth is, I'm not even sure what that is. Care explaining a lil?

@PeanutsauntieP1982: A roamer is used when give and receive a grid reference on a map. It is widely used in the armed forces. Someone sends you a series of letters and numbers and you use the roamer to find a spot on the map. They are incredibly accurate if used correctly.

Ohhhh... I've read a lil about them. :-)

Same here. GPS is useful, but too many folks use it as a crutch. I have a dear friend who, though she drove the same route to my house over two hundred times with an onboard GPS unit, got lost and had to call me for directions to my house the few times she couldn't drive a GPS enabled vehicle. I navigate by sight and memory, plus a bit of intuition.