Reading maps

javen · 02-04-2010, 11:49 AM

When camping with a friend, we got lost on the trail on our way back to the starting point. We brought a camping map with us but we're both not good at reading maps. Worse, we didn't even bring our own compass to help us with directions. It's a good thing that another camper passes by and he told us the right direction. Are you good at reading maps?

Pebbles · 02-04-2010, 06:15 PM

I'm awful at map reading and my husband is not much better. Thank goodness for our GPS, otherwise we'd have a hard time finding any place new without explicit directions. Sometimes, the GPS lady even sounds frustrated with us, "recalculating...."

Bradsalex · 02-05-2010, 10:53 AM

I love map reading. I'm in the military and map reading is a perishable skill. If you don't use it often you can forget the simplest things about it. I have taught many people to read maps, it comes very natural for me so I can usually put it into words that each person can comprehend. It is a very valuable skill to posses and just knowing how to terrain associate can save your life.

If you have any questions that I can answer let me know. I'm always happy to help.

HikerChick · 02-06-2010, 12:16 PM

This is definitely a weak spot for me, and being a techie geek, I fear the day my GPS batteries run out and I don't have replacements!

ramp · 02-08-2010, 04:53 AM

I am not so good in reading maps, so I prefer to let the others to do the job. But I am good in asking someone for directions. Unfortunately you don't always find other people on trails, especially when you are lost.

failghe · 02-10-2010, 11:25 PM

I am no expert but I can get from point A to point B. For driving I find the GPS to be helpful so I don't have to find where I am on the map, to see where I want to go.

Bradsalex · 02-11-2010, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by failghe

For driving I find the GPS to be helpful so I don't have to find where I am on the map, to see where I want to go.

To be honest we just got our first GPS for the vehicles this Christmas and we rarely use it. I like to get lost and find my own way home, but if I get too lost then it comes in hand when I can just push "navigate to home".

enzo · 02-16-2010, 02:55 AM

I'm not good at reading maps . But rather than assuming where to go, I ask for directions to the campers that I happen to pass by.

02-04-2010, 11:49 AM	#1
javen Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 13	Reading maps When camping with a friend, we got lost on the trail on our way back to the starting point. We brought a camping map with us but we're both not good at reading maps. Worse, we didn't even bring our own compass to help us with directions. It's a good thing that another camper passes by and he told us the right direction. Are you good at reading maps?

02-05-2010, 10:53 AM	#3
Bradsalex To Each Their Own Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 67 Blog Entries: 2	I love map reading. I'm in the military and map reading is a perishable skill. If you don't use it often you can forget the simplest things about it. I have taught many people to read maps, it comes very natural for me so I can usually put it into words that each person can comprehend. It is a very valuable skill to posses and just knowing how to terrain associate can save your life. If you have any questions that I can answer let me know. I'm always happy to help. "Being properly distracted for a moment is child's play, being rightly distracted for a lifetime is and art." ~Douglas Adams

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02-04-2010, 06:15 PM	#2
Pebbles Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 63	I'm awful at map reading and my husband is not much better. Thank goodness for our GPS, otherwise we'd have a hard time finding any place new without explicit directions. Sometimes, the GPS lady even sounds frustrated with us, "recalculating...."

02-06-2010, 12:16 PM	#4
HikerChick Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 51	This is definitely a weak spot for me, and being a techie geek, I fear the day my GPS batteries run out and I don't have replacements!

02-08-2010, 04:53 AM	#5
ramp Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 6	I am not so good in reading maps, so I prefer to let the others to do the job. But I am good in asking someone for directions. Unfortunately you don't always find other people on trails, especially when you are lost.

02-10-2010, 11:25 PM	#6
failghe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Port Richey, Florida Posts: 281	I am no expert but I can get from point A to point B. For driving I find the GPS to be helpful so I don't have to find where I am on the map, to see where I want to go.

02-16-2010, 02:55 AM	#8
enzo Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 51	I'm not good at reading maps . But rather than assuming where to go, I ask for directions to the campers that I happen to pass by.