Pathfinder

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Pathfinder or pathfinders may refer to:

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Computing 3 Fiction 4 Film 5 Gaming 6 Literature 7 People 8 Military 9 Television 10 Transportation 11 Youth organizations 12 Other

[edit] Astronomy

• Mars Pathfinder, NASA exploration probe
• Space Shuttle Pathfinder, space shuttle mockup known as OV-098

[edit] Computing

• Path Finder, a shareware file browser for Mac OS X
• Pathfinder Networks, method for deriving networks from proximity data
• Pathfinder.com, one of the first Internet portals
• Java Pathfinder, tool for model checking developed by NASA

[edit] Fiction

• Path Finder (Gobots) - A fictional robot in the Gobots universes.
• A Star Trek term occasionally used to describe the first ship in a given class; see Lead ship.
• A sniper unit in the video game Command & Conquer: Generals
• A Tau reconnaissance unit in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
• A campaign in Dungeons and Dragons

[edit] Film

• Pathfinder (1987 film), Norwegian, Sami language, Oscar nominated film
• The Pathfinder (film), a 1996 TV film
• Pathfinder (2007 film), film about Vikings plundering Native American villages

[edit] Gaming

• Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, an as-yet unreleased roleplaying game based on Dungeons & Dragons
• Pathfinder (periodicals), supplemental books for Dungeons & Dragons
• a unit in the real-time strategy game Travian

[edit] Literature

• Pathfinders (novel), novel by Cecil Lewis
• The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea, novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinder Press, publisher of socialist literature
• Pathfinder, graphic novel adaptation of the 2007 film, from Dark Horse Comics
• Pathfinder (periodical), a monthly publication presenting roleplaying game Adventure Paths
• The Pathfinder, a weekly publication published and distributed by the students of Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.

[edit] People

• Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, of the United States Navy, "Pathfinder of the Seas"
• Second Lieutenant John Charles Frémont, The "Pathfinder", the western territory explorer

[edit] Military

• Pathfinder (military), specialized elite airborne soldiers who perform many dangerous assignments
• Pathfinder Badge (U.S.), military badge of the United States Army awarded to a Pathfinder
• HMS Pathfinder (1904), Royal Navy light cruiser launched in 1904
• USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS 60), Oceanographic Survey Ship
• USS Pathfinder (AGS-1)
• Pathfinder (RAF), elite squadrons of Royal Air Force Bomber Command during World War II
• Pathfinders Company (Portugal) elite recon unit of the Portuguese paratroopers.
• Pathfinder Platoon: British Army elite unit, part of the 16th Air Assault Brigade

[edit] Television

• Pathfinder (pricing game), pricing game on the American game show The Price Is Right
• "Pathfinder" (Voyager episode), episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Pathfinders, a 1972 British TV series about a Pathfinder (RAF) squadron

[edit] Transportation

• Glidden Tour pathfinders, the vehicles and drivers sent to determine the route of the annual (1904-1911, 1913) AAA national reliability tours
• NASA Pathfinder and Pathfinder-Plus, a high-altitude unmanned solar-powered aircraft
• Nissan Pathfinder, sport utility vehicle
• Pathfinder (1912 automobile), an Indianapolis-based early automobile
• Pathfinder Parkway, bicycle path in Bartlesville, OK
• Pathfinder Tours, railtour operating company operating in the United Kingdom
• Piper PA-28-235 Cherokee Pathfinder, light, piston-powered airplane
• Pontiac Pathfinder, post-war automobile
• Riley Pathfinder, British made saloon
• Soloy Pathfinder 21, stretched twin engine version of the Cessna 208 aircraft
• S.T.V. Pathfinder, a Canadian sail training vessel. Brigantine rigged.
• Wright Pathfinder, a UK-built low-floor bus body

[edit] Youth organizations

• Camp Pathfinder, boys' camp located in Algonquin Provincial Park
• Pathfinders (scouting), division of Girl Guides of Canada
• Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist), community service oriented youth organization

[edit] Other

• Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme, a UK Government regeneration initiative
• Pathfinder, an alternative name for the UK government's Housing Market Renewal Initiative
• Pathfinder butterflies, the genus Catuna
• Pathfinder Dam, cyclopean dam
• Pathfinder International, US-based non-profit that focuses on reproduction and AIDS/HIV prevention issues
• Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station, a decommissioned nuclear generating plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Pathfinder Pubs, a UK Public house operator associated with Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries
• Pathfinder tendency, group of organizations together with the Socialist Workers Party of the United States

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