Less time 'eyes-in' looking at gucci GPS moving maps.
More time 'eyes-out' looking for threats.
Less time eyes in peering at charts and trying to compare that with ground features
More time eyes out looking for threats instead of peering at the ground.
Agreed!
It makes little sense, in my view, to require a good lookout to be kept at all times, while at the same time teaching navigation methods that appear to maximise the time spent on navigation! Whether it is toying with a GPS with ten million features, or trying to match every church, barn and tree with the map, it just takes too long and is not necessary. Navigation is about getting accurately from A to B, isn't it? So why aren't students taught how to navigate with the
minimum possible effort to accomplish that task?