Maps and navigation
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kate_frankie
RT @FE_photograph: This doorway in #Copan #Honduras serves as a map of the cosmos #PTTravel A4 https://t.co/iaxcegytiF
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A4 #pttravel
This is the only one I have handy ... downloaded for an upcoming trip. I feel more comfortable knowing roughl…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie At the start of April I'm hiking around the isle of Arran with @JordanJaunt so there will almost certainly be maps involved at least.
The advantage of a small island is there are only two directions. And if you're going uphill you're taking the wrong one. #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A4 #pttravel I remember traveling through the Julien Alps of Slovenia through the Soca River Valley to the coast required me to…
aok_NW
A5 #pttravel As discussed earlier, in addition to my phone, it’s probably a good idea to have paper backups available if you need them.
NomadKeith
A5 #pttravel In Britain, Ordnance Survey. Anywhere else, the best ones I can get ... Army maps, if I can get hold of them. In the past, I've used maps from the National Geographic Society
RTWBarefoot
RT @aok_NW: A5 #pttravel As discussed earlier, in addition to my phone, it’s probably a good idea to have paper backups available if you ne…
OanaRoua
A5: When I go hiking I like to save on my phone the description of the path, with images. It makes it so much easier not to get lost, when the instruction only says "cross the field" ... like, which of them? #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @OanaRoua: A5: When I go hiking I like to save on my phone the description of the path, with images. It makes it so much easier not to g…
Travel_Session
replying to @Travel_Session
A5- I have a habit of wandering off the beaten path, so I'm pretty sure I'll be using a map and/or compass in my future
🇺🇸#Mojave
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ThiamMeka2Gogue
A2
I've used the Google Maps map view on my Android device, but have to calibrate the compass first to ensure the desired direction is as accurate as possible
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RTWBarefoot
replying to @OanaRoua @OanaRoua When we hiked the Pennine Way we did so with a guidebook written by people who'd hiked the Pennine Way many times, & it was detailed enough to give *exactly* that level of info. ['turn left at the gate with the blue stone on top of the wall next to it' kind of thing] #pttravel
findinganeish
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A5. I’d like to do some of the Speyside Way this year but I’m just counting on there being way-markers at every turn. Give me a compass and I’ll draw a circle. #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @findinganeish: @kate_frankie A3. I am permanently lost. Even in places I think I know. Princes Street in Edinburgh is never the same le…
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: @RTWBarefoot #pttravel At the moment, I just need to know the relative position of a few places/things. I'll try to get hol…
kate_frankie
RT @Travel_Session: A4- I've gotten lost in so many cities, I don't know where to start
🇯🇵#Aomorii
🇺🇸#NYC
🇳🇱#Amsterdam
#PTTravel #travel…
kate_frankie
RT @ThiamMeka2Gogue: A1
Captain James Cook’s voyage for the Australis Incognita
would interest me because Cook mapped the entire New Zealan…
kate_frankie
#PTTravel
A4 Lots of important updates on position, route and weather when I did my trip to Antarctica. I got to go on the Bridge a couple of times and watch the Captain and team navigate the course
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q6 What tips do you have for travellers wanting to explore more by orientation (maps/compass)?
FE_photograph
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie The carvings represent the path of the sun from East to West and the Milky Way with characters that represent stars or constellations. The hieroglyphs and skulls on the steps represent the date 29th November, 711 CE #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @findinganeish: @kate_frankie A5. I’d like to do some of the Speyside Way this year but I’m just counting on there being way-markers at…
ThiamMeka2Gogue
A3
Back in 2008, on my way visitng a grieving friend in a countryside lost is the hillsides of the Western region of Cameroon,
#PTTravel https://t.co/fzPqWabL51
kate_frankie
RT @findinganeish: @kate_frankie A4. Literally how I function. #PTTravel https://t.co/EjBkee180m
NomadKeith
replying to @findinganeish @findinganeish @kate_frankie #pttravel It's been lengthened and altered since I walked it in 198-something ... but then, most of the way was along a disused railway track!
kate_frankie
replying to @findinganeish @findinganeish I love street maps. I cannot recommend cities have these enough #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie Someone wrote a horror short story about someone accidentally getting off a tube train as it stopped in a di…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie At the start of April I'm hiking around the isle of Arran with @JordanJaunt so there will almost certainly b…
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A5 #pttravel As discussed earlier, in addition to my phone, it’s probably a good idea to have paper backups available if you ne…
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A5 #pttravel In Britain, Ordnance Survey. Anywhere else, the best ones I can get ... Army maps, if I can get hold of them.…
findinganeish
replying to @findinganeish @kate_frankie A5. Or I guess I have this map to Australia. #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @ThiamMeka2Gogue: A3
Back in 2008, on my way visitng a grieving friend in a countryside lost is the hillsides of the Western region of C…
kate_frankie
RT @OanaRoua: A5: When I go hiking I like to save on my phone the description of the path, with images. It makes it so much easier not to g…
kate_frankie
RT @Travel_Session: A5- I have a habit of wandering off the beaten path, so I'm pretty sure I'll be using a map and/or compass in my future…
RTWBarefoot
RT @kate_frankie: #PTTravel
A4 Lots of important updates on position, route and weather when I did my trip to Antarctica. I got to go on th…
aok_NW
A6 #pttravel Know what you’re doing. Have you done it before? Try doing it around town & see how well you do navigating that way. Some people have no sense of direction, so I wouldn’t just go halfway around the world & assume you can find your way around.
kate_frankie
replying to @Travel_Session @Travel_Session How do you navigate a desert? That's a complete mystery to me #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @ThiamMeka2Gogue: A2
I've used the Google Maps map view on my Android device, but have to calibrate the compass first to ensure the desi…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @OanaRoua When we hiked the Pennine Way we did so with a guidebook written by people who'd hiked the Pennine Way many time…
NomadKeith
A6 #pttravel Map and compass are useless if you don't know how to use them. Buy a book, do a course, or practice on safe ground.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel learn to read a map. Learn to read a contour line. Don't put your compass near anthing with an electrical charge. Accept that if you go on Kinder Scout you *will* get lost regardless of what equipment you have.
RTWBarefoot
RT @aok_NW: A6 #pttravel Know what you’re doing. Have you done it before? Try doing it around town & see how well you do navigating that…
kate_frankie
RT @findinganeish: @kate_frankie A5. I’d like to do some of the Speyside Way this year but I’m just counting on there being way-markers at…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @awktravels @awktravels ooof! #pttravel hope you managed to resolve that quickly (by staying a night on the wrong island instead maybe?!)
kate_frankie
RT @FE_photograph: @kate_frankie The carvings represent the path of the sun from East to West and the Milky Way with characters that repres…
Travel_Session
replying to @Travel_Session
A6- Gauge your surroundings. Sometimes a paper map can make you stick out as a tourist and a target for scammers and pickpockets.
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