Nigel's Navigation Index

Navigation

below is the site index to the navigation pages

information pages navigation equipment the map map scale map symbols Britain's national grid North the compass distance & time including Naismith's rule what is a contour line ? height gain example of a pacing chart	information pages mountain navigation a short appreciation A to Z of navigation terms what to do when lost navigating in mist, darkness, and poor visibility which navigation technique to get to your goal
	route planning route planning considerations what should be on a route card
navigation studies : Snowdon
	click on the map left to get a mountain map with multimap.com and www.nigelspencer.co.uk
orienteering
	maps of times past antique maps old mountain maps
GPS navigation
examples of navigation pictures of actual navigation situations what should I learn ? techniques to practice pictures of general activity training

new navigation pages on this site

equipment pages : the map the compass

navigation studies : Snowdon

information pages :
North symbols what is a contour line ?

what to do when lost

A to Z of navigation terms

navigation abroad - maps of foreign countries

coming soon

contour shapes
& contour recognition exercise

navigation studies : Bradgate park, Leicestershire

Navigation abroad

please note

some map images on this site are produced from the Ordnance Survey get-a-map service images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey

you are permitted a maximum of 10 extracts of actual Ordnance Survey maps on personal web sites

this site www.nigelspencer.co.uk
respects O/S (and other copyright information) and has got extracts from around 8 O/S maps on this site.

navigation training & navigation exercises

some ideas for teaching navigation

Irchester country park navigation

navigational car rally

a few general navigation questions

I offer training & assessment in this nationally recognised award

windpump

do you know your
map symbols ?

try the Snowdon Horseshoe
navigation exercise

pictures of a night nav exercise

the navigation section
of my mountain trivia quiz

more exercises online soon

Snowdon

Other ideas on how to learn to navigate

for organisations concerned with the teaching of mountain navigation, the main qualification remains the "mountain leader", see my mountain qualifications
with links to the Mountain Leader Training Board site.

If you are involved in youth work and want an easier (but still worthwhile) qualification consider the BELA (Basic Expedition Leaders Award ) details on my BELA page this award is particularly used in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme for leader training & accreditation.

A good measurement of your navigation ability is orienteering, you can try different courses either competitively or on a permanent courses. Again there are links to the British Orienteering Federation here Orienteering

In the meantime
go out into the fresh air with a map
and learn the basics

This is the map monkey
look for him on my Site

do not look like the map monkey
when Navigating

Nigel is starting to run personal navigation training
these will be both mountain and low land areas
and will restart in 2003.

courses in most UK areas with the assistance of Andy Bovington (MLTB)