Pathfinder
Appearance
Pathfinder or pathfinders may refer to:
Astronomy
- Mars Pathfinder, NASA exploration probe
- Space Shuttle Pathfinder, space shuttle mockup known as OV-098
Computer science
- 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
Fiction
- Pathfinder (Transformers) - A fictional robot in the Transformers universes.
- A Star Trek term occasionally used to describe the first ship in a given class
- A sniper unit in the video game Command & Conquer: Generals
Film
- Pathfinder (1987 film), Norwegian, Sami language, Oscar nominated film
- Pathfinder (2007 action film), film about Vikings plundering Native American villages
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
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
Military
- Pathfinders (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.
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
Transportation
- Riley Pathfinder, British made saloon
- Nissan Pathfinder, sport utility vehicle
- 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
- Soloy Pathfinder 21, stretched twin engine version of the Cessna 208 aircraft
- S.T.V. Pathfinder, a Canadian sail training vessel. Brigantine rigged.
- NASA Pathfinder and Pathfinder-Plus, a high-altitude unmanned solar-powered aircraft
- Wright Pathfinder, a UK-built low-floor bus body
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
Other
- Pathfinder Dam, cyclopean dam
- Pathfinder International, US-based non-profit that focuses on reproduction and AIDS/HIV prevention issues
- 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
- Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme, a UK Government regeneration initiative
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, a roleplaying game based on an extension of the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition ruleset