The ruled edge helps with triangulation and taking your bearings. Direction-of-travel arrow: This shows you where to point your compass when taking a bearing.

You have to question Compass’s compass bearing. Ho, ho, Raphoe Time for a name change, Gerry. The takeover vehicle set up by Sir Gerry Robinson is called Raphoe Management.

A combination of faultless map reading, precisely taken compass bearings, accurate pacing and a solid grasp of what the terrain was doing underfoot was needed to successfully pull off each leg of ...

II. AN important objection was made to me some years ago by Capt. Evans against the use of quadrantal correctors in the Navy, that they would prevent the taking of bearings by the prismatic ...

More advanced models, which can cost more than $400, feature a digital compass, heart-rate monitor and personal computer interface.

Direction-of-travel arrow: This shows you where to point your compass when taking a bearing. Index line: An extension of the direction-of-travel arrow that indicates where to read bearings.