In cities like New York, Paris or San Francisco, it can recognize landmarks that have been extensively photographed.
The peak is accessible by road and by cog railway and is one of Rio de Janeiro's most widely recognized landmarks.
And in this community that lay in the shadow of one of the world's most recognized landmarks, there was a flatness -- in architecture, and in spirit.
The mix of boaters from different areas made it easier to recognize landmarks and tricky spots, he said, especially traveling at top speed.
The distinctive-looking mountain is one of Cape Town's most recognized landmarks and is a popular tourist attraction that offers hiking, camping, and other activities.
He said that it puts trainees in an imitation of a ship's wheelhouse, with a mobile view of whatever land features the vessel is approaching, so the trainee will recognize landmarks and other visual bearings.
"It was like when you get out of the subway in a different neighborhood and you feel like you should recognize landmarks, but you don't," Amy Blumberg, a Barnard graduate who is now studying theatre directing, said.
Sacagawea was not the guide for the expedition, as some have erroneously portrayed her; nonetheless, she recognized landmarks in southwestern Montana and informed Clark that Bozeman Pass was the best route between the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers on their return journey.
The day Naquib drove me to the Argandhab Valley to visit the old mujahideen camp, I recognized landmarks such as the tomb of Baba Wali — a holy man whose shrine is on top of a hill that during the jihad was part of Naquib's domain — but there were many more trees than I remembered, and cultivated fields, and more people, too.
The wayfinder uses this stored knowledge to plan and execute routes, recognize landmarks, and orient themselves in the environment.
