How to combine map and compass

May 2019

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The compass is an extremely useful accessory to the map. By Noel Bigwood There are many situations in which direction of travel needs to be determined. You might be at a car park with multiple tracks leaving from it and be unsure which is the one you should take. There may be no signs, or […]

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