Is navigation inherent or learned? Is it OK to just trust the bots and the satellites? Can the ancient Tuareg navigation methods help you find your way in New York?

Roger McKinlay, the immediate past president of the Royal Institute of Navigation in London, Tristan Gooley, expert in natural navigation, Bill Eakins, route scout for Butler Maps, and Matthew Brummet, a wilderness survival guide, are talking about all of this and more:

The lost art of navigationThere is no doubt that modern technologies make life (and travel!) easier. Adventure riding has been transformed since the dawn of the Internet and satellite navigation: finding your way around the world is now practically effortless. Invest in the newest GPS unit, set your route, and go. But is...advtracks.online

Would you like to see alive panel on this and if yes, what questions would you have to each of the participants?

I'm pretty late to this game, dunno know why, although years ago I set up ADVrider to take GPS track uploads. I didn't expect it to go crazy like it did but now we have people like @Cannonshot uploading amazing tracks with commentary that are incredible:

Northern Wisconsin Adventure Trail (NWAT)Just finished proof riding a new 950 mile adventure trail that loops the beautiful and rugged forests of northern Wisconsin. What a blast! This ride...advrider.com

It's amazing because it has gas intervals

cannonshot.smugmug.com

Photos of the route

cannonshot.smugmug.com

Various views to show, for example, cities in the vicinity of the route:

cannonshot.smugmug.com

Might be interesting to get Cannonshot in the conversation if you do one.

A panel on this would be very educational. As a junior Army infantry officer I had to learn land navigation with a compass, identifying land marks, map reading and counting the number of paces you traveled. I was surprised to see people fail Infantry Officer Basic because they could not master these skills.

I wonder what will happen in the future if the Sat Nav satellites are destroyed and we go to war.

More directly, I love maps.

Oh, I never thought of satellites being destroyed or hacked. 😳 Welcome to Cake, @longwallman ! Nice to have you here.