[Basic] Skill of the week: Navigation

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Originally Posted by jason taylor

The Pundits (spies for the Indian Political Service) were trained to count standardized paces for cartographic purposes. Basically an adaptation of a military cadence. How much can be done with this?

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.