GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry
- An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.
- http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/how_surv.htm

Map and Compass Fundamentals
- Covers the background and history of navigation plus techniques including navigating around obstacles and dead reckoning.
- http://members.impulse.net/~mlynch/land_nav.html

Reading Topographic Maps
- Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.
- http://www.map-reading.com/

Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding
- Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.
- http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php

Sun Compass
- Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.
- http://www.usscod.org/suncomp/suncomp.html

How To Use a Compass
- How to use a compass in several lessons plus how to navigate in poor visibility and how to navigate without a compass. Suggested exercises. Tips on buying a compass.
- http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/

Navigation Technologies
- Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products.
- http://www.navtech.com/

The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass.
- http://www.ix.net.au/~als/impnav.htm

OA Guide to Map and Compass
- An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.
- http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml

Electronic Compass
- Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers.
- http://www.electronic-compass.com/