Land Navigation: Finding Your Way in an Urban Environment SHTF Style- An urban environment is the most challenging of all places, because of the

An urban environment is the most challenging of all places, because of the amount of people you’ll have to deal with and the number of confusing (and dangerous) situations that will arise when the SHTF.

In our land navigation series that touches on a subject that most do not consider. In an urban environment, why would you need a map, right? I mean, it’s the city…you just have to find the street, right? Well, it is true that you need to know the streets and avenues, but it is an incomplete picture. Urban Land Navigation poses different challenges in a survival situation than if you are in open terrain (rural).

6 Considerations to Keep in Mind When Navigation in an Urban Area
In an urban environment you need a map of the immediate vicinity of your home and your usual areas of travel on a daily basis. The urban environment requires you to study various aspects of your home and home-range to figure out some things pertaining to exit/exfiltration. Let’s list a few of them.

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