Category Archives: Navigation

Custom Maps Return to MyTopo!

Choose your own location, scale, and size! Custom MappingReturns to MyTopo Find Your Map Set up, preview, and order all online You can now get your custom map of any place in the U.S. on waterproof paper (folded if you … Continue reading

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SUCCESSFUL AWE TRIAL PROVES RAFAEL’s FOOTPRINT SYSTEM NAVIGATION CAPABILITIES FOR GPS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS

SUCCESSFUL AWE TRIAL PROVES RAFAEL’s FOOTPRINT SYSTEM NAVIGATION CAPABILITIES FOR GPS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS The British Army has conducted tests with RAFAEL’s FOOTPRINT navigation system for ground forces. Portsmouth, UK, November 2022: as part of the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE), ground troops … Continue reading

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MYTOPO NOMINATED FOR USA TODAY READERS CHOICE AWARD

Vote for MyTopo USA TODAY NOMINATES MYTOPOBEST GIFT FOR ADVENTURERS MyTopo Maps has been nominated in USA Today’s 2022 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards, and we need your support to help us win!   Vote for MyTopo A person can vote … Continue reading

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MYTOPO NOMINATED FOR USA TODAY READERS CHOICE AWARD

Vote for MyTopo USA TODAY NOMINATES MYTOPO BEST GIFT FOR ADVENTURERS MyTopo Maps has been nominated in USA Today’s 2022 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards, and we need your support to help us win!   Vote for MyTopo A person can … Continue reading

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BaseMap Remote Marking with SIG Rangefinders

BASEMAP HUNT BaseMap has taken the traditional model of public/private land ownership maps, offline maps, and other features to the next level with some of its new tools – namely “remote markers.” DOWNLOAD APP REMOTE MARKING You can now connect … Continue reading

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MyTopo Data Security Incident

Data Security Incident Dear MyTopo Patrons and Friends, We are writing to inform you about a data security incident that may have involved your personal information on MyTopo.com. On Friday, November 19, we discovered that the MyTopo.com website had been … Continue reading

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FREE Lamination November – Save up to $30!

IT’S FREE LAMINATION NOVEMBER! Laminate any custom topographic, aerial, satellite or hybrid map today through the rest of November for FREE. Just select  “Laminated” on Step 3 and pay the same price as we offer for waterproof paper finish today … Continue reading

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Northrop Grumman’s LEO Satellite Payload for DARPA Revolutionizes Positioning, Navigation and Timing

LINTHICUM, Md. and WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Sept. 16, 2021 – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack program has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a contract for Phase 2 development of an advanced, software-defined positioning, navigation and … Continue reading

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Mil Sistemika Teams With Hirtenberger Defence Technology to Produce a fully integrated version of Mil Sistemika battlefield management system (IHTA, BES and PES)

Mil Sistemika is proud to announce new partnership with Hirtenberger Defence Technology Limited, producer of state-of-the-art Arc-Fire artillery fire control system. HDT Arc-FireTM Integrated Fire Control System is a state-of-the-art fully digital fire control system that links commanders, fire support … Continue reading

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Reader Question: Fixing Position

Pete, the best way to keep this straight is as follows. When working with terrain use magnetic azimuth and when working with a map use grid azimuth. Take a look at the illustration above. Let’s assume that you are working … Continue reading

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Land Navigation: Direction, Orientation and Location

One of the many fallouts from advanced technology is the insidious erosion of core skills needed to operate in a combat zone. Land navigation using a grid map and compass is at the top of that list. So, put your … Continue reading

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