compass bearings
North, south, east, west
Compass bearings are directions expressed as angles measured clockwise from north, typically in degrees from 0° to 360°.
A bearing of 90° points due east, 180° due south.
Navigators use compass bearings to plot courses and locate positions: Take a compass bearing on that peak and we'll triangulate our location.
The term also appears figuratively for general orientation or direction: I've lost my compass bearings on this project.
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- magnetic northCompass-indicated pole direction
- true northDirection to the pole
- gyrocompassSpinning rotor direction finder
- cardinal directionsPrimary navigational bearings
maritime navigation · latitude · course correction · declination · wayfinding · astrolabe · meridians · longitude · nautical charts · surveying · equator · triangulation · theodolite · geocaching · sextant · GPS receiver · polar exploration · radar
- maritime navigationnautical charts, channel, marine charts, navigation aids, navigational aids
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- navigationsigns, charts, navbar, headings, maps
- field notesnotebook, observations, notes, sketches, entries
- nautical navigationnautical charts, navigation charts, marine charts, shipping routes, sea charts
- BC Nauticalnautical charts, navigation aids, sailing routes, buoys, anchorages
compass bearingslatitude and longitude
Geographic position numbers
geographic coordinates · GPS coordinates · map coordinates · waypoints · postal addresses
compass bearingsdead reckoning
Position-tracking via estimated motion
pilotage · celestial navigation · following the sun · sense of direction
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