Navigation is an essential skill for anyone venturing into the woods. We used to rely on paper maps and analog compasses to plan our hikes and get us to our destination and back again. Increasingly, however, people are using hiking apps on their phones, often without understanding how the devices work and the pitfalls that can get them into trouble.
On Tuesday, July 29, at 6:30 PM, join Chocorua Lake Conservancy and Cook Memorial Library for Navigation by App in the Wilds, a free program with geologist Rick Allmendinger. This presentation will highlight how navigation with apps and phones works and how to use them to arrive at your destination and return safely. The emphasis is not on how to use a particular app but instead on general navigation principles when using any hiking app.
The presenter, Rick Allmendinger, is a field geologist with 50 years of experience hiking, bushwhacking, and doing field work and is the author of several hiking apps for the White Mountains, including the Chocorua Map app. The presentation at 6:30 will be followed by a dessert potluck—bring your favorite!—and a chance for hands-on practice and Q&A with Rick.
Please register in advance above, or just show up!
Rick Allmendinger is Professor Emeritus of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. He is by training a structural geologist and has spent most of his career working in the Andes and the western United States. Nonetheless, he is a New Hampshire native by birth and his family have owned property in the basin for nearly 100 years. His first professional geology job was mapping glacial deposits and bedrock units in northeastern Massachusetts for the USGS under the direction of Gene Boudette, who later became State Geologist of New Hampshire. At Cornell, he taught courses in structural geology, regional geology, and energy and climate change.
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