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Military use of guides and development of Guides Regiments. In European wars up to the time of the French Revolution, the absence of large-scale detailed maps made local guides almost essential to the direction of military operations. In the 18th century the stricter organization of military resources led in various countries to the special training of guide officers (called Feldjäger, and considered as general staff officers in the Prussian army), who had the primary duty of finding, and if necessary establishing, routes across country. The necessity for such guides died away when adequate surveys became available. The genesis of the “ Guides” regiments is perhaps to be found in a short-lived Corps of Guides formed by Napoleon in Italy in 1796, which appears to have been a personal escort or body guard composed of men who knew the country.
 
 
In the Belgian army the two Guides regiments constituted part of the light cavalry. Until the outbreak of World War I these units were characterised by their green, yellow and crimson uniforms. As such the Belgian Guides came to correspond to the Guard cavalry of other nations. They served with panache during the German invasion of August 1914.

In the Swiss army prior to 1914 the squadrons of blue uniformed “Guides” acted as divisional cavalry. In this role these light cavalry units would have been called upon, on occasion, to lead columns. They were distinct from the green coated Dragoon Regiments who made up the line cavalry.

The “Queen’s own Corps of Guides” of the Indian army consisted of a unique combination of infantry companies and cavalry squadrons. After World War I the infantry element was incorporated in the 12th Frontier Force Regiment and the Guides Cavalry formed a separate regiment. The Corps of Guides were the first military force to adopt khaki as a service dress, in 1849. In drill, a “guide “ is an officer or non-commissioned officer who regulates the direction and pace of movements.

Other Usages

The name guide can be used for a knowledge management database. For example a university could write a guide for students on the facilities of that university.

In mechanical usage, the term "guide" can mean something that steadies or directs the motion of an object, as of the “leading” screw of a screw-cutting lathe, of a loose pulley used to steady a driving-belt, or of the bars or rods in a steam-engine which keep the sliding blocks moving in a straight line.

In the Indian Academia the word guide is referred to the person who helps prepare a Doctorate or Ph.D. thesis.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Original text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
 
Guide Book:

A guide book is a book for tourists or travelers that provides details about a geographic location, tourist destination, or itinerary. It is the written equivalent of a tour guide. It will usually include details, such as phone numbers, addresses, prices, and reviews of hotels and other lodgings, restaurants, and activities. Maps of varying detail are often included. Sometimes historical and cultural information is also provided. Different guide books may focus on different aspects of travel, from adventure travel to relaxation, or be aimed at travellers with larger or smaller travel budgets. Guidebooks can have factual problems, information may be out of date (especially for regions undergoing rapid development), the author may have a hidden agenda (for example free meals or rooms in exchange for inclusion in the book or a favorable review -- compare tout). Guide books are generally intended to be used in conjunction with actual travel, although simply enjoying a guide book with no intention of visiting may be referred to as "armchair tourism".

The first modern tourist's guidebook was separately invented by Karl Baedeker in Germany (1835) and by John Murray III in England (1836). Baedeker and Murray are responsible for the impersonal, objective guide - works prior to this were what would be seen today as a strange combination of factual guidebook and personal sentimental reflection. In fact it was Baedeker and Murray who unwittingly helped sharpen and formalize their texts opposites, the personal travelogue, which was freed from the guidebook burden. The Baedeker and Murray guidebooks were hugely popular and would have been found with most travelers well into the 19th century. As William Wetmore Story in the 1860's said "Every Englishman abroad carries a Murray for information, and a Byron for sentiment, and finds out by them what he is to know and feel by every step."

With the advent of the Internet, much of the content traditionally included in paper guide books has also been made available in digital format. Websites such as Tripadvisor and Schmap, as well as traditional guide book incumbents Lonely Planet, Frommers and In Your Pocket City Guides are now offering travel guides for download in a digital format on the Internet. Digital guides have also been formatted for viewing on an Ipod by companies such as Wcities and Rough Guides.
 
 
     
 
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