Help topics
- Purpose of the site
- Compass features
- Compass menu
- Compass or GPS - advantages and disadvantages
- Compass Test
- Draw a single or multi-legged route
- Extending the compass direction of travel arrow
- False readings when using a compass
- Fine Tuning the Set Compass
- Getting started with Set Compass
- Google Maps projection
- GPS or Compass - pros and cons for navigation
- Grid references test
- How to use a compass
- Import Google Map routes
- Latitude and longitude positions: degrees, minutes and seconds
- Magnetic declination or variation
- Magnetic declination or variation adjustment
- Magnetic declination or variation calculation
- Map projections
- Map reading
- Map reading skills test
- Menu
- Moving the Set Compass
- My Google Map Compass Routes
- Negative magnetic declination or variation
- New Features
- North: different types
- North on Google Maps
- Ordnance Survey Compass
- Ordnance Survey maps integration
- Ordnance Survey map projection
- Ordnance Survey map symbols
- Panning and Zooming with Google Maps
- Positive magnetic declination or variation
- Print Map Function
- Route drawing
- Route Information Display
- Safety
- Save and Store Set Compass Google Map Routes
- Single leg or multi-legged routes?
- Test your compass reading skills
- Tips
- Types of bearings
- Updates
- User Guide
- Watch as Compass
- What is a compass?
- What type of compass is used on the site?
- Zooming with Google Maps
What is a compass?
A compass has a magnetic needle pointing approximately north to the Earth's north magnetic pole in northern Canada. This helps you to locate your position on a map, to take a bearing in degrees and to set the direction you wish to travel.
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