Forest Ridge Park offers wilderness navigation classes to equip hikers with essential outdoor navigation skills.

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In some Pacific islands, sailors continue to cross the ocean without a map, compass, or GPS. Their guide: the ocean itself.

The magnetized needle of a conventional compass wants to align with Earth’s magnetic field—helpful, unless you’re near the ...

Losing GPS would mean losing a lot more than Google Maps. The technology is integrated into everything from lights that turn ...

Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.The GPS systems in our ...

When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it’s snowing so ...

The omnipresent system that people use for navigation and positioning is increasingly vulnerable. Can it be improved?

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

Getting lost during a hike sounds like a nightmare for most people. Not only can it totally ruin your trip, but depending on ...