The red needle points to magnetic north and the white points to magnetic south. The bearings tell what direction the next point is.
The term Gyro refers to any Gyroscope (Space,Earth,Tied or Rate) whereas Directional Gyro is typically a Tied Gyro which is used in Aircraft for the purpose of Heading reference in DGI (Directional Gyro indicator) because it does not suffer any errors like magnetic compass.
Yes if you are in the north and south poles your compass will go haywire
No. Being near a magnet (or magnetic field) completely puts off the compass as the compass is influenced by it and will not align with the Earth's natural magnetic field.
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Compasses do not work well in the presence of of electromagnetic fields.
a compass is a directional object made by the magnetic forces of the earth
there are 360 degrees in a compass
You must be talking about a compass, a directional tool.
Most of the time, a tool called a "compass" is used to draw perfect circles. This compass is not to be mistaken with a directional compass.
The direction marker on a map called a compass rose. It was so named because the directional lines drawn from the marker were said to resemble a rose.
North, south, east, and west are significant directional terms. They are the cardinal, or fixed points, on a compass. They are reckoned in terms of the two poles, North and South, whiich are fixed points on the globe.
there are at least 4, they are N and S, E and W, NW and SE, NE and SW
COMPASS (a directional indicator, originally magnetic) : the term descends from the Latin "passus" ("step"), as to "pace off". The French "compasser" (measure) and Middle English "compas" (circle) have similar spelling.
The term Gyro refers to any Gyroscope (Space,Earth,Tied or Rate) whereas Directional Gyro is typically a Tied Gyro which is used in Aircraft for the purpose of Heading reference in DGI (Directional Gyro indicator) because it does not suffer any errors like magnetic compass.
You might be thinking of the Compass Rose, but I'm not sure without a little more information.
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If your unable to figure out how to work a compass its probably best not to use it.