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Originally Posted by whswhs
That's a low-tech method of Mathematics (Surveying), not of Navigation (Land). It's probably "improvised equipment" for that purpose. I'd guess it's good for figuring distances, but not much help for elevations.
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And if the trail was to steep the pace would have to be altered. Of course a trail that rough would bear little traffic.
The Pundits tended to disguise themselves as Holy Men. It explained why they were strange travellers with a foreign accent. And surveying equipment was disguised as such things as prayer wheels.