Introduction

Travelling in remote locations often requires good navigation skills to arrive at the required destination. Even these days it proves to be difficult to find your way in modern cities. Entering unknown territory therefore requires knowledge of how to move along certain paths.

In the middle ages, the compass in conjunction with the stars was one of the most important navigational instruments. In this period, great explorers sailed the world to discover new places. One of the most importent side effects of these journeys was the creation of maps of the routes followed. These maps made it possible for others to travel to the same destination with a lot more accuracy than was possible before.

With the rise of modern technology other ways to find a location have arrived. For example beacons which help to pin point ones location. Beacons are used a lot in aviation. Most of those systems are not suitable and available for the consumer market. However, there is one exception, the Global Positioning System or GPS in short.

The Global Positioning System uses satellites, groundstations and receivers to calculate a position on earth. Curious about how GPS works? You can read all about it here.

GPS coordinates

The GPS systems gets more value if people start sharing there waypoints of interesting buildings, organisations, scenic areas and more.

On this site you will find waypoints for countries with locations of embassies, campsites, etc. If you have waypoints you want to share with others, please contact us.

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