After tracing out your route, pull the string straight and measure it against the scale line in the map legend. Another method is to use a compass (the mathematical kind) set to a narrow distance on ...

No matter if it's fishing, hiking or hunting, many opt to use use a cell phone to navigate, but that approach can be a double ...

In this era of smart phones, GPS and downloadable maps, is the compass just a thing of the past? By compass I’m referring to ...

A spade, a tape measure, a metal detector, and his son Ethan with his trusty compass. The map says to start at the old climbing tree and walk north for ten metres. It’s Ethan's job to find north ...