Inside Steadwise · Domain

Land Navigation

Every chapter below ships offline, illustrated, and indexed — ask the on-device AI anything in this domain and it answers with a citation to these exact pages.

95 entries1 guides11 articles73 references10 transcripts100% offline
Drawn from time-tested public-domain sources — U.S. government manuals, agency bulletins and classic references — then authored, illustrated and indexed for the AI. Supplement this domain anytime with your own books, videos and notes.

Guides — long-form chapters (1)

Survey Doctrine: GPS, Topography, and Ground Truth

Every property line is a survey product. Every fence line, every easement, every right-of-way, every contour shown on a county map, every elevation…

Land Navigation illustrationLand Navigation illustrationLand Navigation illustration

Articles — illustrated field pieces (11)

Celestial Navigation Basics

When compass and maps are unavailable, the sky provides reliable directional information. Celestial navigation requires no equipment beyond…

Compass and Map Fundamentals

Map and compass navigation is the most reliable land navigation method in off-grid scenarios. Unlike GPS (dependent on satellites, batteries, and…

Natural Navigation Methods

When all equipment fails—compass lost, maps destroyed, GPS dead—natural navigation methods provide direction finding using only observation. These…

Natural Navigation: Finding Direction Without Compass or GPS

Natural navigation uses sun, stars, and natural indicators to determine direction when compasses and GPS devices are unavailable. These techniques…

North Texas Weather Patterns and Seasonal Planning

North Texas weather is variable and sometimes brutal. A 60-acre homestead survives through understanding seasonal patterns and planning accordingly.…

Orienteering and Navigation Training for Your Homestead

Off-grid living requires navigation skills that electronics cannot replace. Your family should be able to find their way across your 60-acre property…

Pace Count, Dead Reckoning, Resection, and Intersection

Land Navigation Article — Steadwise Offline Survival Dataset

Planning and Managing Your 60-Acre Property

A 60-acre North Texas property offers genuine self-sufficiency potential if planned systematically. The key is intentional zoning—dividing the land…

Property Surveying Basics

Understanding your property's exact boundaries, dimensions, and features is essential for planning infrastructure, establishing security, and…

Topographic Map Reading for Off-Grid Navigation

Topographic maps are the foundation of reliable navigation when you're managing a 60-acre property or navigating across North Texas terrain without…

Weather Reading and Prediction

Without weather forecasts, barometers, or weather apps, off-grid living requires reading weather signs from clouds, wind, pressure changes, and…

Manuals & references (10)

BLM Manual Surveying Instructions

Reference document.

BLM Public Land Survey System

Reference document.

BLM Surveying Mapping Glossary

Reference document.

FM 21 26 Map Reading Land Navigation

Reference document.

Land Navigation - USACE Surveying Doctrine SOURCE_LOG (2026-05-02)

All items are public domain US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Manuals.

NOAA Celestial Navigation

Reference document.

US Army FM21 76 Survival

Reference document.

USACE EM 1110 1 1005 Topographic Surveying

Reference document.

USACE EM USCG DGPS

Reference document.

USGS Standard Topographic Maps

Reference document.

Source library (public domain) (63 — tap to expand)

01 — Map Reading Without GPS

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

02 — Compass Fundamentals & Declination

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

03 — Dead Reckoning & Pace Count

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

04 — Celestial Navigation for Land Travel

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

05 — Natural Navigation Without Instruments

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

06 — Sun & Star Time-Keeping

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

07 — Navigating Backroads & Vehicle Travel

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

08 — On-Foot Cross-Country Travel

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

09 — Weather Reading for Navigation

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

10 — Offline GIS Tool Setup

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

11 — Fannin / Grayson / Red River County Micro-Atlas

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

12 — Sextant & Improvised Angle Measurement

Steadwise Land Navigation Field Guide

Afr 64 4 Vol1 Survival Training

Public-domain source text.

Angelina Nf Mvum

Public-domain source text.

Atp 3 50.21 Survival

Public-domain source text.

Bowditch 2017 Vol1 Archive

Public-domain source text.

Bowditch 2017 Vol2 Archive

Public-domain source text.

Bowditch 2019 Vol1

Public-domain source text.

Bowditch 2019 Vol2

Public-domain source text.

Bowditch Pub9 Fallback

Public-domain source text.

Bowditch Pub9 Vol1

Public-domain source text.

Bowditch Pub9 Vol2

Public-domain source text.

Davy Crockett Nf Mvum

Public-domain source text.

Download Status

Public-domain source text.

Fm 21 26 Mapreading 1993

Public-domain source text.

Fm 21 76 Survival 1992

Public-domain source text.

Fm 3 25.26 Mapreading Landnavigation 2005

Public-domain source text.

Jpl Readme

Public-domain source text.

Kisatchie Nf Mvum

Public-domain source text.

North Texas Weather Patterns and Seasonal Planning

North Texas encompasses USDA hardiness zones 8a (minimum winter temperatures around -12°F) to 8b (-7°F). Frost-free period averages 220 days, but…

OpenStreetMap Data License

All .osm.pbf files in this directory are extracted from the OpenStreetMap project

Orienteering and Navigation Training for Your Homestead

Start training on familiar ground: your own property. Create a permanent course with marked checkpoints that lets you practice repeatedly and measure…

Ouachita Nf Mvum

Public-domain source text.

Phase2 Finish Status

Public-domain source text.

Planning and Managing Your 60-Acre Property

The traditional homestead layout divides 60 acres into functional zones:

Pub229 Vol1

Public-domain source text.

Pub229 Vol2

Public-domain source text.

Pub249 Vol1 Selectedstars

Public-domain source text.

Pub249 Vol2 Lat0 39

Public-domain source text.

Pub249 Vol3 Lat39 89

Public-domain source text.

Sabine Nf Mvum

Public-domain source text.

Sam Houston Nf Mvum

Public-domain source text.

Sentinel-2 Imagery License

Satellite imagery in this directory is from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Topographic Map Reading for Off-Grid Navigation

USGS topographic maps represent three-dimensional terrain on a two-dimensional surface through contour lines. Each contour line connects points of…

Tx Avery Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Blossom Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Bonham 1908

Public-domain source text.

Tx Bonham Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Clarksville Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Denison Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Detroit Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Dodd City Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Ector Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Honey Grove Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Paris 1908

Public-domain source text.

Tx Paris East Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Paris West Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Pottsboro Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Ravenna Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Savoy Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Sherman 1892

Public-domain source text.

Tx Sherman Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Tx Whitesboro Oee 20220902 Tm Geo

Public-domain source text.

Plus 10 searchable transcripts in this domain — every word indexed so the AI can quote and cite them.

Ask it anything in Land Navigation

Steadwise's on-device AI reads these exact chapters and answers with citations — no internet, no tracking, on your desktop and your iPhone. And you can add your own material to this domain anytime.

Start your free 30 days Browse all 53 domains