As I mentioned, bearings are the direction or angle as measured in degrees from a reference point. To take a bearing, lay ...

North is both 0 and 360 degrees, east is 90 degrees, south 180 and west 270. To take your bearing, hold the compass flat and point your body and compass at the object or destination you want to ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...