Cardinal directions are north, south, east, and west. Intermediate directions are northwest/northeast, or southwest/southeast.
Because intermediate directions are used to find a location.
what is a drawing that indicates directions on a map especially cardinal and intermediate directions
The compass. It usually shows both the intermediate and cardinal directions. Sometimes it will only show the cardinal directions.
Cardinal directions are the four regular directions such as north south east and west. Intermediate are the directions in between the cardinal directions such as NW, SW, NE, SE.
intermediate
Because intermediate directions are more specific
The four cardinal directions on a compass rose are:NorthEastSouthWestThere are four intermediate directions, one between each pair of cardinal directions. They are:NortheastSoutheastSouthwestNorthwest
The cardinal directions are North, South, East, and West. Intermediate directions are those that are in between the cardinal directions. Examples include Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast.
The different between cardinal and intermediate directions is cardinal is North , South , East, and west.Intermediate is Northeast,Southeast,Southwest,and Northwest.
The reason why intermediate directions sometimes more useful than cardinal direction is because when you get lost you can use it and find out which way it is.
northwesteastsouthsouthwestnortheastnorthwestsouthwest(midwest is not a direction!)
Compass
Cardinal directions are your basic N,S,E,W and intermediate, or intercardinal directions are NE, SE, SW, and NW.N, and S allways come first when dealing with intercardinals.