Contour fluency
Tight lines mean climb. Wide lines mean rest — or swamp.
cartography notes
A map is an argument about what matters.
Learn contour language, then decide which digital layer you still need.
ScaleKnow meters
NorthTrue vs grid
MarksPencil only
BackupPaper always
Legend
Margin notes
Write water sources and bailouts where you will see them under rain.
Phone as witness
Use GPS to confirm, not to invent the plan.
“Paper maps for people who still get lost usefully”
Field
Notes on reading maps, choosing projections, and navigating without handing judgment to a phone.
This is an independent field journal for cartography notes. Read slowly, take what helps, and leave the rest.