I was thinking in a different context. I worked in the bush for years, often on ground where there we no distinguishable land features, roads, trails,…
If you have a good mental map, not even a compass is necessary. I wander in behind my place without map, compass, or GPS. It’s simple…down gets you to the creek, and south gets you to the creek; and the sun tells me roughly where south is.
The worst situation I found myself in was on flat forested ground where every pond was the same size, the same teardrop shape, and oriented in the same direction. Where was I…on one of 25 ponds on my photo. I figured it out eventually, but not without a lot of hit and miss compassing and pacing.
I took a GPS with me to finish my work.
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"Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
William Shakespear
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