compass bearings

[spirale]

I am trying to do a route card for an expedition and on the route card it asks for a compass bearing but I have no idea how they work. I did some research on the internet but to no avail.
I am not really that sure whether a compass bearing is given for a certain location or a certain route or how exactly they should be positioned.
Any help is much appreciated, thanks :)

[LucyThomas5]

I'm glad I'm not going on your expedition. You could end up anywhere. Find someone who understands compass bearings to do the job. You know it makes sense.

[Aquagility]

Think of a circle drawn on the ground, numbered round the rim from 0 to 360.

For north, specify 0 (or 360).
For east, 90
For south 180
Fot west 270
And so in between.

I presume they will be working with compasses, so you need to add M (magnetis) after each bearing.

Good luck!

[legendis.god]

using a sat nav will give your latitude and longditude


pinpointing your position exactly.



perhaps you should take one with you?

for safetys sake?

[Aquagility]

Sorry, typo.
Magnetic

[spirale]

thank you for your help, if anyone knows any good websites that would be useful, the sites that I found from google search weren't helpful at all.

[Mavis22]

Try searching on "using a compass" in Google. A "compass bearing" is simply a direction of travel where 0 degrees is North, 90 degrees is East, 180 degrees is South, 270 degrees is West as explained by Aquagility. To get from point A to point B you travel in a direction ( a bearing) for a certain distance. Might be worth you getting some training befoe you go on your expedition - compass bearings and map work are absolute basics. Don't rely on a GPS - you need some understanding of what you're doing first...