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The latest update to the World Magnetic Model includes new information on blackout zones, areas where compasses become unreliable due to the magnetic forces at play. Arctic travelers will have better ...

Learn about the collection of medieval stone disks found in Ukraine and why researchers are speculating on their role as solar compasses for Vikings. During their prime, the Vikings mastered the seas ...

Loaded with bells and whistles, the Silva Ranger 2.0 has everything you’ll need to orient in the wild. This budget compass has most of the features of high-end models, including night navigation ...

COMPASSES at Greenwich Observatory in London will soon be pointing true north for the first time in 360 years. Most people don’t realise that compasses are often slightly wrong because the ‘true north ...

If you think your compass has been directing you true north, you are wrong. At some point over the next two weeks compasses at Greenwich will point true north for the first time in about 360 years.

Dividers and compasses are drawing instruments that have been used since antiquity to measure distances, transfer lengths from one drawing to another, and draw circles. The Greek mathematician, Euclid ...