Pathfinder, Path Finder or Pathfinders may refer to:
Aerospace
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Mars Pathfinder
''Mars Pathfinder'' was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a rover (space exploration), roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a Lander (spacecraft), lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a ligh ...
'', a NASA Mars Lander
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NASA Pathfinder
The NASA Pathfinder and NASA Pathfinder Plus were the first two aircraft developed as part of an evolutionary series of Solar energy, solar- and fuel cell, fuel-cell-system-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). AeroVironment, AeroVironment, I ...
, a high-altitude, solar-powered uncrewed aircraft
* Space Shuttle ''Pathfinder'', a Space Shuttle test simulator
Apex Legends
''Apex Legends'' is a 2019 Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's ''Titanfall'' series. It is offered ...
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* The Pathfinder, a call sign for the alien character John Adams in the 2011 video game '' Conduit 2''
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
The ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'' is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) that was published in 2009 by Paizo Publishing. The first edition extends and modifies the System Reference Document (SRD) based on the revised 3rd edition ''Dungeons ...
Pathfinder (band)
Pathfinder is a Polish symphonic power metal band. As of 2012, the band has released two full-length albums and collaborated and toured with widely known power metal acts such as Power Quest and Labyrinth.''Pathfinder'' (album), a 1972 Beggars Opera album
* '' Path.Finder'', a 2019 Notaker EP
Novels
* ''
The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea
''The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea'' is a historical novel by American author James Fenimore Cooper, first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel Cooper wrote featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and the third chronologic ...
'', an 1840 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
* ''Pathfinders'' (novel), a 1944 novel by Cecil Lewis
* ''Pathfinder'' (novel), a 2010 novel by Orson Scott Card
* ''TodHunter Moon, Book One: PathFinder'', a 2014 novel by
Angie Sage
Angie Sage (born 20 June 1952) is an English author of children's literature, including the ''Septimus Heap'' series, the ''TodHunter Moon'' trilogy, and the ''Araminta Spook'' series (''Araminta Spookie'', in the United States).
Life
According ...
Businesses
* Pathfinder Energy Services, a division of
Smith International
Smith International was a Fortune 500
The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune (magazine), Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States Joint-stock company#Closely held corporations and publicl ...
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Pathfinder Press
Pathfinder, Path Finder or Pathfinders may refer to:
Aerospace
* ''Mars Pathfinder'', a NASA Mars Lander
* NASA Pathfinder, a high-altitude, solar-powered uncrewed aircraft
* Space Shuttle ''Pathfinder'', a Space Shuttle test simulator
Arts and ...
, a publisher of socialist literature
Computing and information science
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Path Finder
Path Finder (originally SNAX) is a Macintosh file browser developed by Cocoatech. First released in 2001 simultaneously with the public release of Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah), it replicates or integrates most of the features of the Finder, but i ...
, a Macintosh file browser
* Pathfinder (library science), a subject bibliography often offered on library websites
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Pathfinder (website)
Pathfinder was a landing page with links to various Time Inc. websites. In its initial form, Pathfinder was one of the first web portals, created as Time Warner's entry onto the Internet. The objective of Pathfinder was to be an all-encompassing ...
, owned by Time Inc.
* Pathfinder network, a psychometric scaling method
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Java Pathfinder
Java Pathfinder (JPF) is a system to verify executable Java bytecode programs. JPF was developed at the NASA Ames Research Center and open sourced in 2005. The acronym JPF is not to be confused with the unrelated ''Java Plugin Framework'' project. ...
, a software testing tool
Military
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Pathfinder (military)
In military organizations, a pathfinder is a Military specialism, specialized soldier inserted or dropped into place in order to set up and operate drop zones, pickup zones, and helicopter landing sites for Airborne forces, airborne Military o ...
, a type of soldier
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Pathfinder (RAF)
The Pathfinders were target-marking Squadron (aviation), squadrons in RAF Bomber Command during World War II. They located and marked targets with flares, at which a main bomber force could aim, increasing the accuracy of their bombing. The P ...
, British target-marking squadrons during World War II
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Pathfinder (USAAF)
The 482d Operations Group is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 482d Fighter Wing. It is stationed at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.
During World War II, the group was activated in England as the 482d Bombardment Group ...
, American radar-equipped bombers during World War II
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Pathfinders Company (Portugal)
The Air-Land Pathfinders Company () - known as the ''Precs'' - is a forward observer, long-range penetration, and special reconnaissance unit of the Portuguese Paratroopers. This unit is part of the Aeroterrestrial Support Battalion, Airborne Sup ...
, a Portuguese military unit
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Pathfinder Platoon
The Pathfinder Platoon is a Pathfinders (military), pathfinder unit of the British Army, and an integral part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team. The Pathfinder Platoon acts as the brigade's advance force and reconnaissa ...
Piasecki 16H Pathfinder
The Piasecki 16H was a series of compound helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, a ...
, an experimental series of helicopters produced in the 1960s for the US Army
* Pathfinder, a nickname of the
8th Infantry Division (United States)
The 8th Infantry Division, ("Pathfinder") was an infantry division of the United States Army during the 20th century. The division served in World War I, World War II, and Operation Desert Storm. Initially activated in January 1918, the unit d ...
Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)
The Pathfinder Club, or simply Pathfinders, is a department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA), which works specifically with the cultural, social and religious education of children and teens. Children 10 years to 15 are eligible to b ...
, a youth organization
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Pathfinder International
Pathfinder International is a global non-profit organization that focuses on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including reproductive health, family planning, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, and maternal and newborn health. The organization ...
Keystone Pathfinder
The Keystone K-47 Pathfinder was an airliner developed in the United States in the late 1920s, built only in prototype form.
Design and development
The Pathfinder was an attempt by the Keystone Aircraft Corporation to develop a civil transport ...
, a 1920s airliner, built only as a prototype
* Pathfinder, the marketing name of the
Piper PA-28 Cherokee
The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 62–64. Werner & Werner Corp, ...
, a light, piston-powered aircraft from 1974 to 1977
* Soloy Pathfinder 21, a twin-engined, single propeller turboprop aircraft
Nissan Pathfinder
The Nissan Pathfinder is a range of sport utility vehicles manufactured by Nissan since 1985. Until the third-generation model, the Pathfinder is based on Nissan's compact pickup truck platform which it shares with the Navara/Frontier.
The ...
, a sport utility vehicle introduced in 1986
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Pontiac Pathfinder
The Pontiac Pathfinder was an entry-level full sized car or station wagon that was based on the Chevrolet marque, another General Motors brand. The Pathfinder was built and sold in Canada, and never sold in the United States. The Chevrolet chas ...
, an American automobile produced from 1953 to 1958
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Riley Pathfinder
The Riley Pathfinder is an automobile which was produced by Riley Motors Limited in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 1957. It was first presented at the London Motor Show in October 1953 and replaced the RMF as Riley's top-line model.
Design ...
, a British automobile produced from 1953 to 1957
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Wright Pathfinder
The Wright Pathfinder was a low entry and low floor single-decker bus body built on Dennis Lance SLF and Scania N113CRL chassis by Wrightbus between 1993 and 1995.
History
Of the 95 Pathfinders produced, London Regional Transport subsid ...
John C. Frémont
Major general (United States), Major-General John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first History of the Repub ...
Housing Market Renewal Initiative
The Housing Market Renewal Initiative (HMRI) or Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinders programme was a controversial Cole, Ian and Flint, John ''Addressing housing affordability, clearance and relocation issues in the Housing Market Renewal Pat ...
, a UK programme, also referred to as Pathfinder
See also
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Matthew Fontaine Maury
Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and ...
(1806–1873), Navy captain and oceanographer nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas"
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Pathfinding
Pathfinding or pathing is the search, by a computer application, for the shortest route between two points. It is a more practical variant on Maze-solving algorithm, solving mazes. This field of research is based heavily on Dijkstra's algorith ...
, as in algorithms for finding a route
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Sakigake
, known before launch as MS-T5, was Japan's first interplanetary spaceflight, interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the US or the Soviet Union. It aimed to demonstrate the performan ...
'' (translated into English as "Pathfinder" or "Pioneer"), Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft
* '' Sperrbrecher'', a category of auxiliary warships used by the German Kriegsmarine during World War II, sometimes called ''Pathfinder''
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Wolf pack Pfadfinder
''Pfadfinder'' ( English: "Pathfinder") was a " wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated from 21 to 27 May 1942, in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. Operating off the North American coast between New England and Newfoundland they ...
(German for "pathfinder"), a German World War II wolf pack in the Battle of the Atlantic
* An
isogram
A heterogram (from ''hetero-'', meaning 'different', + ''-gram'', meaning 'written') is a word, phrase, or sentence in which no Letter (alphabet), letter of the alphabet occurs more than once. The terms isogram and nonpattern word have also been ...
, of which "pathfinder" is an example that can be used as a numerical cipher
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