I mean compass..

I will stick with the good ole map and a local map..no traces to me. now a days trucking is moving to that gps locator crap. LIVE FREE OR DIE

And tell me, what happens when there’s a GPS jammer out there (they exist btw), the satellites are attacked (another possibility depending on which contingency one is talking about), your GPS system breaks, the system used to recharge your batteries breaks, etc, etc, etc.

Simply put, having a backup is never a bad idea. And while a backup GPS is nice, should something happen to the GPS network you’re SOL and have no control over it. Things like maps are something YOU control and thus are better prepared for the worst.

Things like gps take time to learn how to use, take the time and develop the skill-set and Experience the task… THEN learn and use a tool, if the tool still seems beneficial. More money is spent by people who dont know what they are doing in the first place. A little critical thinking and research, ask a friend or talk it over with a newbie- tell em what you wanna do and what you are thinkin… Give it time and thought, then get on Amazon and buy what you need. Or do like us and recall the experiences you have already had- “if I had to do that again…”
(I wouldn’t carry a pound of large scale road maps into the bush with me, thinking that “…they might help.”) x) – Travel Lite

More of an FYI than anything, but US military and some civilian survey equipment is accurate down to 1 millimeter.

Couldn’t give me a GPS, in fact, I have that feature disabled on my cell phone. I drive truck cross country and can’t believe how many sheeple rely on GPS and either have forgotten how to read a map or they never new how to begin with.

Yes, the GPS is the navigation tool of the future, actually the present. Flying a private plane it is also used in conjunction when plotting a course following dead reckoning methods.
Sure GPS is the tool of the future as compared to a compass, just as the calculator was the tool of the future compared to the slide rule. I still now how to use a slide rule as well.
This is an “off grid” survivalist blog, and in the event of an EMP disabling all electronic devices including solar chargers, bring us back into the 19th century, unless they have been hardened and / or stored in a Faraday cage, retaining the skills from the past may be your only option to accurately navigate between points.
Don’t get me wrong, I have them, use them, and love the neat features they have incorporated; I am just leaving my alternative options open.