It's a shame how many people don't know how to use a compass, especially when the National Park Service lists it as a top 10 safety item. Here's how to get started. The post How to use a compass for ...

Your iPhone's compass is a feature you may not know about, but it can save your life. However, you'll need to calibrate it ...

My wife and I enjoy hiking off trail and for our bushwhacking adventures, we use a paper topographic map, a compass and a handheld GPSR.

North-seeking Needle ... GPS is a great tool as well, but having solid map and compass skills helps you to use a GPS more efficiently.

The magnetic north pole, where compass needles point ... aircraft and smartphone apps that may operate in areas where GPS doesn’t work as well — such as northerly routes or geographic poles.

While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints ...

World Magnetic Model by NOAA updates the North Magnetic Pole's position, crucial for accurate GPS and navigation systems.

With all the electronic gadgetry that exists -- cell phones, GPS units, personal locator beacons -- why bother learning how to navigate like pathfinders of the last (20th) century, with map and ...

Even with an endless list of navigational apps and gadgets, it’s best to be prepared with an old school compass. After all, apps can crash, phone batteries die, and service can get lost in remote ...

(BGS) And as the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic field, meaning the North (and South) Poles are also constantly on the move. If you're using a compass or a GPS system ...

Patients in disadvantaged areas of England and those living in the North are turning to pharmacists ... but that poor access to GPs and other NHS healthcare was a contributory factory.