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When I took my first brick-like Magellan GPS receiver out of its box back in the mid-1990s, I was in Wick, NE Scotland. The fog was thick enough to walk on. Filled with a confidence I had never had be

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Mark Bailey is a freelance writer who has written for The Observer, The Times and National Geographic. marksbailey.com Many people rely on GPS apps to explore new landscapes, but with natural navigati

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