For the Rasti, creator [Penk Chen] definitely took some inspiration from the iconic (and largely unobtanium) GRiD Compass of NASA and Aliens fame. But while its 3D printed case might look like a ...

Step 3: Line up the orienting lines with the northings The north/south grid lines on your map, also called northings, should ...

put your compass on top of the map and rotate the grid lines so they align with your compass needle, which will be magnetic north. A bearing is the direction of an object or destination ...

The four main points on a compass are: north, east, south and west. A compass is used to work out direction. A four-point compass can give a rough direction whereas a sixteen-point compass is much ...

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 ...