Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Direction of the Earth

Direction of the Earth


For the purpose of the navigation,direction on the earth surface is measured as an angel from the meridian where the observer is located.There are two commonly used systems for indicating direction


01. QUADRANTAL NOTATION


02.THREE FIGURE NOTATION


QUADRANTAL NOTATION


The angel measured from North to East or West and South to East or West



THREE FIGURE NOTATION 

The angel measured clockwise from the North 000  to 360 degrees

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