Kjetil Kjernsmo 's illustrated guide on How to use a compass

My main motivation for writing these pages is to let people have the same nice experiences I have had when I have been, well, nowhere... Places you see just by coincidence. The compass is an indispensable tool to find your way home, or to go nowhere.

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As returning visitors may have noticed, these pages are now to be found at www.learn-orienteering.org . I ask all who have bookmarks or links to the old addresses to update as soon as possible (the address you now have is the new one). For now, you will find the interesting stuff from this page at the URL https://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/ , but as the old -word indicates, I have great plans to extend the scope of these tutorials, and when that happens, you will find everything from the main index page. For most of you, you will find the most interesting links from this page, so read on!

Foreword This tutorial is intended for individuals and non-profit organizations, and may be printed out and used free of charge as long as my name is on it. I hope these pages will help people enjoy and learn more about our beautiful earth. When you are going to use this tutorial, it is essential that you have a compass in your hand. If you are teaching a class of kids, they should each have a compass, or at least have compasses with them. Then you have to use it. First, go out in your backyard. Well, you'll need a place covered by a map. Then try it out, on just a short distance, hundred meters or yards or so. Then go for greater and greater challenges, and soon, you'll hopefully be able to travel safely in unfamiliar terrain.

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