navigation aid
Helps travelers orient
A navigation aid is any device, system, or marker that helps determine position or direction.
The term covers physical installations like lighthouses and buoys, electronic systems like GPS and radar beacons, and onboard instruments like compasses.
In aviation and maritime contexts, often shortened to navaid: The pilot reported the navigation aid was malfunctioning.
- beaconGuiding light source
- fog hornLoud coastal warning device
- buoyTethered nautical signal
- lighthouseCoastal beacon tower
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
pilot · cairn · astrolabe · North Star · inukshuk · star map · sextant · dead reckoning · compass · compass rose · sonar · triangulation · road sign · radar · helmsman · leading lights · sea chart · transponder
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- Aid termsfirst aid, band-aid, hearing aid, financial aid, foreign aid
- airfieldsrunway, runways, hangar, hangars, control tower
- Coast Guardlighthouse, gunboat, Coastie, buoys, coast guard
- harbor featureswharf, quay, jetty, pier, dock
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
navigation aidobstacle
Something blocking the way
obstruction · impediment · barrier · dead end · roadblock
navigation aiddisorientation
Loss of spatial awareness
misdirection · false trail · bad directions · misinformation · red herring