An old map will show a declination that is no longer accurate, and all your calculations using that declination angle will be incorrect. As you will see, understanding this distinction becomes ...

In the days since GPS was invented, many of us have lost the skill of navigating by a good old compass and map. As a family ...

A compass is an age-old tool for navigation ... However, if they are attempting to navigate based on map directions, they ...

A spade, a tape measure, a metal detector, and his son Ethan with his trusty compass. The map says to start at the old climbing tree and walk north for ten metres. It’s Ethan's job to find north ...

If you didn’t see it on your way to work this morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has unveiled a new subway map—and it’s already in use. The new map takes inspiration ...

Last spring, a 23-year-old woman was driving her car through ... Scientists since the 1940s have argued we normally possess an internal compass, “a map-like representation within the ‘black ...