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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfinding
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfindingAeroplane pilots have to Learn the stars and use it for navigation, even though they have a hole array of electronics available for navigation on a modern aeroplane.
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:32:03 -0800 (PST), Rich <rande...@gmail.com>I think, it's good to know old navigation methods, bc electronics, mobil phones can fail.
wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfinding
But they're alive... unlike an awful lot of those who practiced those
old navigation methods, which so often failed.
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 9:23:45rC>PM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:All they family needed to do was to blow the carrCOs horn every few moments. --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:32:03 -0800 (PST), Rich <rande...@gmail.com>
wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfinding
But they're alive... unlike an awful lot of those who practiced thoseI think, it's good to know old navigation methods, bc electronics, mobil phones can fail.
old navigation methods, which so often failed.
Even the military's basic training teach how to use maps, compass etc... to new recruits.
Even in every day life, it happens, people get hurt or die, bc gets lost in the mountain or forest during hiking.
I read a story, family was driving in heavy snow, fog, zero visibility, when grandpa had a nature call.
They pulled over, out in nowhere, grandpa jumped out to do his business, but never returned.
He had a mobile phone, but he left it in the car.
He was found dead, frozen 2 days later, after the weather cleared.
He never found his way back to the car, he was walking in circles till his end.
2-3 years ago, studied navigation on my own, even bought a US military compass.
It's very accurate, it lights without battery and no fluid inside, which can freeze.
Add a good map and one can navigate anywhere in the world, without GPS, just using map coordinates.
On Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 3:26:09rC>AM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:They probably did, but in the storm the old guy confused, went to wrong direction?
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 9:23:45rC>PM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:32:03 -0800 (PST), Rich <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfinding
All they family needed to do was to blow the carrCOs horn every few moments.But they're alive... unlike an awful lot of those who practiced those old navigation methods, which so often failed.I think, it's good to know old navigation methods, bc electronics, mobil phones can fail.
Even the military's basic training teach how to use maps, compass etc... to new recruits.
Even in every day life, it happens, people get hurt or die, bc gets lost in the mountain or forest during hiking.
I read a story, family was driving in heavy snow, fog, zero visibility, when grandpa had a nature call.
They pulled over, out in nowhere, grandpa jumped out to do his business, but never returned.
He had a mobile phone, but he left it in the car.
He was found dead, frozen 2 days later, after the weather cleared.
He never found his way back to the car, he was walking in circles till his end.
2-3 years ago, studied navigation on my own, even bought a US military compass.
It's very accurate, it lights without battery and no fluid inside, which can freeze.
Add a good map and one can navigate anywhere in the world, without GPS, just using map coordinates.
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 6:32:05?PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfinding
Aeroplane pilots have to Learn the stars and use it for navigation, even though they have a hole array of electronics available for navigation on a modern aeroplane.
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:03:22 -0800 (PST), StarDustFar as I know, every boat has sextant for emergency navigation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sextant.jpg
wrote:
On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 6:32:05?PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfinding
Aeroplane pilots have to Learn the stars and use it for navigation, even though they have a hole array of electronics available for navigation on a modern aeroplane.Nothing wrong with that. I hike and ride in the deep wilderness, and
there is no better navigation tool than GPS for that, on many fronts.
Which doesn't mean I don't have a good sense of where I am from other factors, as well. It doesn't mean I don't have a map and compass. It
doesn't mean I can't use the stars and the position of the Sun and
landscape features.
People who want to navigate the open ocean using old methods are fools
if they don't have a GPS receiver onboard as backup... just as those
who place all their trust in a GPS receiver at the expense of common
sense are fools.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231128-what-we-can-learn-from-the-ancient-art-of-wayfindingI thought it was cute that one person was quoted, early in the
