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Jaakko
On a break, trying to figure out where we actually are in the Kemihaara Wilderness Area, Finland, during Christmas and New Year's Eve 2023/2024. We got pretty badly lost on this hike and for five days, we only had a vague idea of where we were. But since we always pack food for a few extra days, we didn't have any other emergency except that it started to become mentally exhausting. I would say I'm pretty good at navigating, but in forests, sometimes my inner compass just gets overwhelmed, or I get lost in my own thoughts and forget to be on alert for landmarks.

#sonyalpha #tamron #nature #mountains #fjells #hiking #landscape #lapland #outdoors #adventure #wilderness #photography #kemihaara
#finland #xmas #newyear #skitour #navigation #maps #compass #winterhiking
Photo taken during a break while trying to navigate in the Kemihaara Wilderness Area.
#winterhiking
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N-gated Hacker News

Ah yes, because what we truly need in 2023 is a #DIY guide to turn our beloved e-readers into high-contrast 🧭 #GPS devices. Why use an actual GPS when you can awkwardly fumble with your Kindle’s browser and a cascade of apps on your phone? 🙄📚 It's like trying to navigate using a magnifying glass and a sundial.
instructables.com/Use-Your-Kin #EReaders #EBooks #Technology #Humor #Navigation #HackerNews #ngated

InstructablesKindle As a High-contrast GPS (works for Any Ebook)Kindle As a High-contrast GPS (works for Any Ebook): I show how you can use your ebook (Kindle, Kobo, Sony, ipad, tablet) as a GPS. All the software runs on your phone (android is needed), so the ebook is unchanged. You just need to install a couple of apps on your phone. The ebook just uses the inter…
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Schalk Cronjé

The feature in the mapy.cz (online & app) offering that is missing, is that one cannot put arbitrary waypoints when building a route.

But then I found out that there is gpxmapy.cz/

Discovery of the day!

It allows all sorts of waypoint layouts and integrates directly with mapy.cz.

gpxmapy.czGPX editor, GPX viewerOnline GPX viewer, editor, creator. Free, ad-free, cookie-free. Unlimited number of files, color-distinguished tracks, WayPoints, and many more features.
#navigation#hiking
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Sergi

I'm looking for an alternative to #GoogleMaps for #navigation.

Required:
- Can search destination/origin by business name (or other features, like a trail name), not only by address.
- Allows downloading maps for offline usage.
- Accounts for live traffic (if online).
- No data harvesting. Otherwise I would just stay with GMaps.
- Android Auto.

Nice to have:
- Signal what's the most fuel/energy efficient route.

I'm fine with it being a paid service or being closed source.

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The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑

Guided by the Stars — A Journey Through Historical Navigation Methods

A brief #history of #celestial #navigation long before the #discovery of the #magnetic #compass
Merry Janson for #Medium

❛❛ A sailor could determine the #latitude of the ship on the #Earth, during bright starry nights in the #NorthernHemisphere … by estimating the angle between the #NorthStar and the horizon. ❜❜

🔗 Medium.com/the-quantastic-jour 2025 Jan 23
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_n

The Quantastic Journal · Guided by the Stars — A Journey Through Historical Navigation MethodsBy Merry Janson
#Community#TimeTravel#Research
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Ch M[ae][iy]e?r 🇪🇺 🖤 🤍

Ich suche einen #Navigation​sdienst, der nicht die schnellste oder kürzeste Route berechnet, sondern die schönste.

Wer kennt da eine Möglichkeit?

Natürlich möchte ich auch am 1000 km entfernten Ziel ankommen, aber auf dem Weg dorthin möchte ich gerne möglichst viele landschaftlich schöne Straßen (die grün markierten aus dem Atlas), Fähren, Passstraßen, Sehenswürdigkeiten, Natur, alte Städtchen, ... sehen, erleben, spüren.

Nein, ich möchte keinen Felbern-Tauern- oder Gotthardtunnel und auch keine Brennerautobahn.
Völlig #Retro und #DerWegIstDasZiel

Aber es ist schon schwierig OSM, ADAC, OSMAnd oder auch Google Maps dazu zu bewegen, die knapp 50 km lange Großglockner Hochalpenstraße auch nur als Option auszugeben. Lieber soll man 230 km Umweg fahren. 🙄

Am nächsten kommt der ADAC: Maut: ja, aber keine Vignette und "Tunnel über 500m vermeiden", und dann geeignete Zwischenziele. Aber mein Wunsch ist ja streng genommen ein anderer. ...

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AstroHyde

Fun #opensource tip of the day, if you are looking to switch to OpenstreetMap @openstreetmap app for maps/navigation and missing the live traffic updates all you need is to turn on the plugin for online maps and add the below with a name as an overlayer. Took me a bit to find the right one so here's the code that worked for me (as url)
mts0.googleapis.com/vt/lyrs=m,

Edit: works in #canada your mileage may vary
#fediverse #opendata #computing #openmaps #mapstodon #navigation

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