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Latest News & Features
There is always a lot going on at HARVEY Maps and our products are at the heart of many adventures. Catch up on the latest news and features.
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Green Friday 2025
National Trails UK is dedicated to preserving and promoting the stunning National Trail network across the UK. They believe that everyone should have access to these incredible natural landscapes ..
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Why should I pay for a map?
There’s no question that companies like Google and Apple have revolutionised the way we navigate, particularly in urban areas. I live in Glasgow and use the Maps app on my phone all the time. I use it to find addresses ..
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A love letter to the Campsie Fells
When people hear the word adventure, they often think of faraway mountains and epic expeditions. Sometimes though, it's waiting just outside ..
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5 staff favourites in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
At HARVEY Maps we are privileged to have Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park on our doorstep. We can see it from our office! Post work hikes and weekend adventures, it is here where ..
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Cape Wrath Ultra - from mapmaker to medallist
I'd started the 2024 race and unfortunately had to pull out due to illness, so I felt like I had unfinished business with it. My motivations for entering the CWU were for several reasons ..
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Navigation
Insightful articles, useful tips and interesting stories on navigating outdoors - written by HARVEY Ambassador, Nigel Williams.
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Observation is the first step in navigation
Humans have only been able to own publicly available, hand held and detailed maps for recreation for little more than a century. For millennia navigating, predominantly wayfinding ..
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Winter gear essentials
Winter equipment, weather and navigation do not exist in isolation. As with all things in the great outdoors, whether it is nature and the environment or skills and equipment, almost everything is connected ..
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Components of navigation and using GPS
In my book Teaching Navigation, Practical Ideas for Outdoor Tutors, I have a Venn diagram I created entitled “components of navigation”. I dreamt it up during the boredom of lockdown as I pondered ..
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Navigation confidence for beginners
Confidence is a significant factor in navigation because it involves decision making and consequences which play on our deeply rooted fears of losing our way ..
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The strategies people employ when lost
Becoming lost happens to us all and understanding the cognitive responses and strategies that we use to unravel the situation can be informative across a wide range of indoor and outdoor situations ..
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