EDC compass

[Mortblanc]

When folks talk about having maps exactly what type maps are we discussing?

What are we considering "navigation" in a chaotic situation?

Yes, many of us learned to "navigate" in the military where things were done by topographical maps or areal photos, but those maps contain only small plots of ground and are relatively useless in built up areas.

So what is the advantage of an expensive compass meant for orienteering or military work when the skills are mostly useless in the real world.

The only time I use topo sheets is for hunting in real wilderness areas where I am looking for land features that will channel the game to me.

For all other used in the past 40 years I have used government issued or privately made road maps.

And for the past few years my GPS has replaced those items to the point that I only keep them in the door pocket of the vehicle as a reminder of the old days when I occasionally got lost on a bypass.