A navigational aide in the form of a physical model that may be integrated with conventional expedition equipment. The preferred embodiment comprises a hiking staff (5, 6) containing 2-D map data (3) and or 3-D topographical representations (1, 2) corresponding with specific geographic regions and or...http://www.google.com/patents/US20040214142?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040214142 - NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT WITH INTEREGRATED TOPOGRAPHICAL AND/ OR ROUTE REPRESENTATIONS