Orienteering was a required merit badge for me to get my Eagle Scout.  I know exactly how to use a compass and a map, but with my Garmin GPS V, why would I want to.

If I were to teach a class on using a GPS, I would start out using a compass, and then show the functionality of the GPS.  I've been working on a project to teach how the gps functions.  My mother has been thinking of having me show the girls in her church group about using a gps.  I'm planning on gearing the class for teens and pre-teens.

I would really be impressed if they were using sextants for their navagation.  Come to think about it, I would consider paying $75 for a class on using sextants.  But for doing my road/off road navagation, pry my GPS from my cold dead hands.

Jake - Team A.I.