Can you read a map?

if i get dropped off in the woods i hope it's not one w/bears. lol

Oh, yest, I am very good at reading maps. I don't generally need a compass, though, but it would definitely be helpful. A map and a watch would be better. I can use the sun and stars as a compass and it actually works out better for me doing it that way.

I can read a map. Some days better than others. I would make my way out of the widerness in the long run. It may take awhile, but I would do it.

I could probably find my way out, the roomie would fall into the creek.... but hey! she has the excuse of being blind!

yeah I could do it. I was a Boy Scout when I was a kid, and we trained for similar situations. The usual scenario was that we were in a plane crash or something similar. We would either have to survive on what we had or could find until "rescued", or we would have to work our way from where we were to a point on the map, depending on the objective of the trip. Our longest trip was 5 days. It was a good experience, and it gave me confidence that I could live for at least a few days if the situations were real...

I agree with you that nowadays everybody depends on technology and forget many old methods to determine the ways exit. So do our life. People only choose the new way to solve the problem but not effect. While the old ways can solve the problem earlier and more effect, less people choose it

I'm old, so I developed map-reading skills before GPS were invented. My biggest problem now is that I have trouble reading the very fine print. But I figure I could still find my way out of the woods with a map and a compass. I was one of those people watching the _Blair Witch Project_ and wanted to strangle everybody for being so dumb!

I would be bear food.....there are some places where I totally lose my sense of direction! When I am in Hawaii......or in Wisconsin....I can't tell which is which direction.....I could probably back track with a compass...and do it very fast if a bear was chasing me! LOL

I may glance at a map before heading out so that I have a general idea of what direction I need to start on and after that I just wing it. I don't own a gps nor would I. I get lost all the time and I don't panic....I will always find my way home....always have. When I was a kid, I loved the woods and I loved getting lost in them just for fun. My parents would have hated it had they known but I always found my way home on time. Whenever my girls and I would set out....there was no question about it...we were going to get lost at some point. It was always an adventure. A couple of summers ago, we went on a day trip and actually not once in venturing out or coming home did we get lost. One of my girls commented that she actually missed it...didn't seem right. I know its weird but the process of finding your way back on track is like a puzzle really and we run into some very interesting people and places along the way. I think people panic too much. One time I was headed to what actually was a quite important medical appointment. My oldest daughter wanted to go with me to hopefully prevent us from getting lost. Well as it turned out, even tho we followed the map the clinic had given us , we ended up at a clinic in another state. we'd missed one exit and the map led perfectly to a clinic with or without missing the exit. It was no big deal. We just rescheduled my appointment and went to lunch. On the way home she begged me not to tell anyone this story as she did not want to be considered as blonde as me but it was funny and we had a good time so what does it matter.

Hmmm, I take it you are not going to tell me which way is north or west before you leave me there. I have a feeling I'd have a hard time with this. I think the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but it would take all day before I'd know that! LOL. Anyhoo, I guess I could look at the compass, pick one direction, and keep going straight that way all day. Maybe I'd eventually arrive somewhere...

I can read a map. I am actually pretty good at that. My husband and I have taken a lot of trips over the years, and many of them before there was even map creating sites on the internet, I used to get us everywhere we needed to go just by using a good old fashioned map. Now if I was in the woods though with just a compass I would get lost unless I knew what direction the exit was in.

My husband could definitely find his way out with a compass and map. He could probably do it with just the compass. He is trying to teach me to use both tools. I've learned some on our hikes, but don't know if I could make my way out or not. I do need to learn the skill though.

I can tell you right now that if it was left up to me to get us to where we were going by reading a map,we would never get there but would end up in woop-woop some-where .

I can read a Thomas Guide, sort of. I've never used a GPS. I usually just pull-over a cop and ask him or her for directions. Happy MyLotting!

GPS,IMO,was invented for those who couldn't read maps in the first place! I've never been in a wilderness situation,(Apart from school geography field trips)but I did time with the Cubs and Scouts,and Geography to A Level,so have an appreciation for maps..You'd have a job finding a Bear in Ireland,though! There's a beaut of a "Forest Park Warning" sign photo going around.must see if I can get it and post it...Hunters are warned to avoid Bears,and to help this,are advised to wear small bells on the clothing to warn the bears,and in case of a confrontation,to have a pepper spray..it goes on to explain how to identify different bear droppings so you know when you're in Bear Territory..brown bear droppings are smaller,and may have rabbit fur in them..Grizzly ones have bells in and smell of pepper!

honestly i dont know how to read a map, it is so hard for me to read. I like to ask someone than bringing map by myself for i cant read it anyways. Can you help me how to read it?

I think I am pretty good at reading a map. When we go on vacations I like to read the map and see where we are and how far we have to go still. I think it's fun to be the navigator lol. I think I could find my way out of the woods if I had a map but I don't know about just a compass. I never used one of those although I can tell which way is North, South, East and West so I guess that would help.

Yes, I can read a map. And yes, I have a GPS. And, yes, if you dropped me in the woods I'd probably get out IF you remembered to give me a compass. Otherwise, I'd be bear food because I have no sense of direction. GPS systems are just another device of many that will replace our knowledge and common sense for doing simple things because we get dependent on such devices. My first downfall was the calculator. When I started using a caluculator on my job many years ago, my general math skills went downhill drastically. Then I really started to feel stupid. Modern devices are made to make our lives more simple, supposedly with more accuracy and speed, BUT in the long run is it worth it??? What good are they if when something goes wrong with them, we have forgotten how to do what we did before we had them??

When I go to a place for the fist time, my most reliable companion would be the map i printed from mapquest. Its not that i dont have GPS yet (i actually dont plan to have one) , but i just find it easier to use the map. The map is useful because you can actually use it before you go on a drive. Friends say, they love me to be with them when we go for a long drive since i am a good map reader. But i am still hoping somebody can give me a GPS for Xmas. LOL

Jeje! I don't rely on the GPS in my mobilephone. I can read the map easily. It it is possible, I want to collect the maps of the country which I have ever been to. Sounds interesting?