+Amy Birt Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hi there, we are new to GeoCaching. There is a cashe in St. Albert that we would like to do that involves some compass bearings. Could any one explain to me how to find magnetic bearings? For example 119 Degrees Magnetic. If it is not too complicated and little lesson would be helpful. Quote Link to comment
+lrosell Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 First of all, go get a good old magnetic compass. Got it? Kewl, here goes; Look at the compass, see where the red needle points; that’s north. Now, turn the compass so the big N aligns up whit the direction of the red needle. You can now see where in what DIRECTION North, East, West and South is. Now, let’s imagine that the red needle (north) is pointing about 2 o’clock (meaning that the compass is imagined to be the face of a clock and the way you are looking at it you see the ‘top’ as 12 o’clock). Let’s also assume that the cache you want to walk towards is on your 10 o’clock. That should also mean that NW would be about 12 o’clock on your imagined clock, right? That means that the BEARING (while you are stationary) to the cache is, you guessed it, West, or 270 degrees. As you travel towards the cache your HEADING should be West (or 270 degrees). In short, BEARING = the direction of a given pint on a map HEADING = the direction you are traveling. Can also be called COURSE North = 0 degrees East = 90 degrees South = 180 degrees West = 270 degrees I hope this helped you some! Quote Link to comment
+smithdk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Hi there, we are new to GeoCaching. There is a cashe in St. Albert that we would like to do that involves some compass bearings. Could any one explain to me how to find magnetic bearings? For example 119 Degrees Magnetic. If it is not too complicated and little lesson would be helpful. What type of GPSr do you have? Many of these can project a waypoint based on the bearing and distance. Quote Link to comment
+lrosell Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Hi there, we are new to GeoCaching. There is a cashe in St. Albert that we would like to do that involves some compass bearings. Could any one explain to me how to find magnetic bearings? For example 119 Degrees Magnetic. If it is not too complicated and little lesson would be helpful. What type of GPSr do you have? Many of these can project a waypoint based on the bearing and distance. That's no fun.... Quote Link to comment
+Amy Birt Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Thank you for the help I think we have the compass figured out. Try the cashe tomorrow maybe. Thanks for your help everyone. Quote Link to comment
+Rattlebars Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Hi there, we are new to GeoCaching. There is a cashe in St. Albert that we would like to do that involves some compass bearings. Could any one explain to me how to find magnetic bearings? For example 119 Degrees Magnetic. If it is not too complicated and little lesson would be helpful. See this thread.... >CLICK < Quote Link to comment
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