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To anyone who has done some actual navigation setting a map to "north-up" seems terrible. I'm pretty sure my GPS tells me what my general heading is, not that I
by giantg2 3y ago
To anyone who has done some actual navigation setting a map to "north-up" seems terrible. I'm pretty sure my GPS tells me what my general heading is, not that I've ever had to use it.
If it works, it works. But I would strongly recommend that people try orienteering to learn about land nav.
- giantg2 3y agoWhy disagree?
- em-bee 3y agobecause in orienteering you use compass that points into the direction you are moving while the compass needle points north. then you align the map with the needle, so your map points north too, and you end up looking at the map in the direction you are moving.