What is even more astonishing is that the entire science of wayfinding is based on dead reckoning. You only know where you are by knowing precisely where you have been and how you got to where you are.

Wade Davis
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In fact, in all ways of navigation, dead reckoning is the key factor. The rest is only a matter of computing how to get from one place to another. For example, you can find your way to your next hotel by finding the last one you stayed at and calculating how far it took you to get there. The maps are there to help you find your way, but they don't tell you where the hotel was.

Source: The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters In The Modern World

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