Get to grips with a compass and map to elevate your navigating skills and become a more intrepid explorer.

This is why basic compass and map skills are so important. "Using a map with a compass is a skill that a lot of most people probably don't possess anymore," Bieri said.

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A map, a compass and a love for challenge and the outdoors are all that is required to participate in the sport of orienteering.

Having trouble navigating the vast world in The Forest? Here's a guide to finding the Map and Compass quickly in the game to get your bearings.

Using the compass to determine that the river runs north-west to south-east, I'm able to cross-reference the map to finally pinpoint my position. Freshly re-oriented, I set out anew.

To navigate, echolocating bats use a local and directed beam of sound. However, this echolocation is short-ranged and highly directional and can best detect large objects within only a few dozen feet.