Who Do You Think You Are?

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kypwest.org.uk This West of England digital-mapping project continues to expand its roster of georeferenced historical maps from archive partners located in Bath, Bristol, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. layersoflondon.org The si

Who Do You Think You Are?

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w visionofbritain.org.uk Explore maps going back to 1805 by searching for an address or postcode. w british-history.ac.uk/catalogue/maps This site hosts maps of London, including the complete 1:10,560 Ordnance Survey series. w askaboutireiand.ie/grif

Who Do You Think You Are?

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The National Library of Scotland is looking for volunteers to take part in three transcription projects. Two of the projects, involving transcribing street names and related features on Ordnance Survey maps of Edinburgh in the 1890s and transcribing

Our State: Celebrating North Carolina

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THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE MAP Shop, in 2002, I was cruising along South Kings Drive toward East Morehead Street in Charlotte. I’d just moved back to North Carolina from New York City and didn’t yet have my bearings. I was lost. Growing up in Asheboro,

Family Tree UK

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Diamond subscribers of TheGenealogist can now view Victorian Tithe Maps linked to apportionment records for Cornwall, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Worcestershire on which are overlaid the modern and historical maps of the base and middle layers.

Practical Boat Owner

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At 91 years of age my sailing career is over, but I cannot grumble as I have some wonderful memories. Recently a friend, knowing my continued interest, gave me two copies of Practical Boat Owner. I was reading about the latest navigation aids when I

Men's Fitness UK

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From £519, coros.com Built for adventurers, the Vertix covers core sports modes like running, cycling and swimming, but it also bosses more testing challenges, with altitude and mountain climb modes designed to track your ascents and keep you safe o

Woman

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If you don’t want to commit to an event or race, just picking the right person for regular walks can lift your mood so much. Make a date, track your steps, share your stuff and, before you know it, you’ll have started a local walking group and will b

Sailing Today

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Shall I sell my old sextant, or not? It has hardly had a busy life since I brought it back from the Atlantic. It’s now a relic of a great adventure so time for someone else to love and cherish it, swing its mirrors to the sun and squint in frustratio

Mountain Biking UK

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If you’re planning a ride high up in the hills or in a remote area, check and recheck the weather before you set out (see the recommended websites below). Pay attention to wind speed, direction and ‘feels like’ temperature, as well as precipitation a

American Outdoor Guide

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Craig Caudill’s book, Essential Wilderness Navigation, is broken down into 11 chapters that deal with essential skills, next-level skills and specialized practical applications. Section 1 includes chapters on how to choose and read maps, finding a g

The Great Outdoors

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IN OUR previous guides we saw how to interpret a map and take a compass bearing. When used in combination with ticking off terrain features as you pass them, these techniques will help you find your way in the hills, but there’s a missing piece of th

Sparkle Buds Magazine

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Dear Children, Learn how to mentally map your neighbourhood, school, or favourite playground. Then break out the old-fashioned map and compass and go to a beach or an unknown new place, with your parents/guardians and challenge yourself to navigate y

Yachting Monthly

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One of the conundrums with our boat Oddity has been the navigation area, for I’m not sure that a dedicated nav station is required. Truth is there isn’t one, and given that construction is beyond the point of no return the decision is cast in stone –

Australian Road Rider

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A bike like the RT needs good navigation. Previously, an optional BMW-specific Garmin GPS unit was used (and still is on other models). Now, the RT’s navigation is driven through BMW’s “Motorrad Connect” phone app. This brings some positives and nega

Yachts & Yachting magazine

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“The run-up to a race is always a busy one for a navigator. Inevitably, there will be plenty of things that fall into your lap. You need to know the boat and its systems well and be on top of the electronics, instrumentation, and navigation software

Practical Boat Owner

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Timothy Long, 15, has started his record attempt to become the youngest sailor to solo circumnavigate Britain. The Buckinghamshire teenager spent lockdown completing an online RYA Day Skipper course before leaving Hamble Point Marina on 16 July, aboa

Yachting Monthly

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£ 246 This two-way satellite messenger and app is a 100g device (114.3mm x 45.72mm) that works with your smartphone, via a subscription-based service to send text or preset messages; share and track location; initiate a distress call (to the private

Yachting Monthly

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Beguiling beauty, for those new to the sea, is found to a be common bedfellow with complete disorientation. A straight line is maintained by continual adjustments to the helm. Tide pulls one way and then another, depths vary with phases of the moon,

Futurity

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An accurate analog clock ticks along with a constant precision and well known frequency: one tick per second. The longer you let it tick, the better to test its accuracy—10 times as long corresponds to a ten-fold improvement in any frequency uncertai

Trade-A-Boat

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Sailing navigation and instrument specialist B&G are launching a new multifunction display system, called Zeus³S, scheduled to start shipping this July. The system, designed exclusively for sailing, delivers fast response times, all necessary informa

Sail

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Flatiron Books, $25.99 In the opening chapter, appropriately titled “Fear,” author George Michelsen Foy makes a compelling point about navigation: “From the start, staying alive has depended on navigation: the art of figuring out our position and in

Sailing Today

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“The run-up to a race is always a busy one for a navigator. Inevitably, there will be plenty of things that fall into your lap. You need to know the boat and its systems well and be on top of the electronics, instrumentation, and navigation software

St. Louis Magazine

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MAP SERVICES AND DATA AVAILABLE FROM U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL PROGRAM ■

Motor Boat & Yachting

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Aplotter is often the first item people add to their new motor boat, sometimes at the expense of physical charts. Personally, I would not go to sea in an unfamiliar area without a printed chart. However, the reality is that many owners use some form

Great Walks

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The Last Degree is the ultimate end-of-the-world stroll for those who can’t get enough of the antipodes. Starting at 89° latitude, load up your sled with provisions and shelter, strap on those skis and set your compass due south. It’s 111km or around

The Great Outdoors

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ON THE previous pages we saw how to interpret a map and take a compass bearing. When used in combination with ticking off terrain features as you pass them, these techniques will help you find your way in the hills; but there’s a missing piece of the

Yachting World

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No matter how good navigation apps have become, using your phone as a main method of navigation is just not a good idea. The screen is tiny and you’ll struggle to get a global view of what is ahead and how quickly you may arrive at critical points on

Family Tree

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Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records Cyndi’s List: Maps & Geography Euratlas: Historical Maps

The Great Outdoors

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WITH THE SUMMER UPON US, welcome to this special guide to the skills and gear you need to find your way when hiking and hillwalking. Over these 14 pages, we round up a greatest hits compilation of the best articles we’ve carried in recent times on th