Gps Compass Bearing Vs Heading

[RadarG]

Whats is compass heading and bearing?

[+spamhead]

Heading is the direction you are travelling.

 

Bearing is the direction you need to travel to arrive at goal (geocache) or to the next waypoint in your route.

 

On your compass screen, the arrow points to your heading, the destination symbol is located on the compass mark that coincides with your bearing.

Edited April 5, 2006 by spamhead

[RadarG]

Heading is the direction you are travelling.

 

Bearing is the direction you need to travel to arrive at goal (geocache) or to the next waypoint in your route.

 

On your compass screen, the arrow points to your heading, the destination symbol is located on the compass mark that coincides with your bearing.

 

thanks

[+spamhead]

No problem,

 

I am just glad the answer was right. I would hate to see what would have happened to me if I had given you the wrong answer and gotten thrown to the wolves.

 

"Shine on!"(CAG)

spamhead

[+HummerH1]

Whats is compass heading and bearing?

Heading is the direction you are pointing, bearing is the bearing to what? For us it's normally the bearing to the next waypoint. But of course the bearing to the hole in the ground might be different.

If you were a pilot or sailor, you would know that the heading is not always the direction you are traveling, the direction of travel is refered to as COG, or course made good, should be in the GPS book somewhere.

 

HummerH1

[+Sputnik 57]

Sort of lame, but I always remember that my heading is my heading, no matter where I'm heading.

 

The cache is usually a "bear" to find, so the Bearing points toward the cache.