In an age where Google Maps, Waze, or some other iteration of a GPS tool is on everyone's phone, many people can barely navigate their own neighborhoods, let alone a foreign city or countryside. While ...

Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that it doesn’t customarily do daily. This is one of the reasons that ...

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There’s something about the pull of the great outdoors that seeps into your bones. You start off slow, maybe for a walk in the woods near your house. But soon, that call of the wild has you gearing up ...

View post: Engagement Ring Drops 118 Feet, Ski Resort Employee Saves The Day Some people (like me) are born without a great sense of direction, and finding our way around an unfamiliar mountain can be ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Technology like handheld GPS and navigation apps are wonderful to have, but anyone seeking adventure ...

McMaster University researchers have found that orienteering can prevent cognitive decline caused by dementia. The sport of orienteering combines physical activity, navigational skills, and memory ...

Over the last five years, I’ve read or reread 1,001 books of fiction in my project to create a literary map of this country. The idea for this “library of America” was born in 2016, when the news and ...