25-07-2009, 01:29 AM
http://www.gpsnuts.com/myGPS/GPS/Tutoria...s/maps.htm
The direction you have to travel to get to your destination (waypoint) is usually referred to as the bearing. Realizing that there are 360 degrees in
a circle, compass bearings are referenced by the number of degrees they are away from north, in a clockwise direction. For example, due East would be
1/4 the way around the circle, or 090 degrees. In turn, due South would be halfway around a circle or 180 degrees, due West equals 270 degrees,
and due North would be 360 degrees or back to 000 degrees.
The direction you have to travel to get to your destination (waypoint) is usually referred to as the bearing. Realizing that there are 360 degrees in
a circle, compass bearings are referenced by the number of degrees they are away from north, in a clockwise direction. For example, due East would be
1/4 the way around the circle, or 090 degrees. In turn, due South would be halfway around a circle or 180 degrees, due West equals 270 degrees,
and due North would be 360 degrees or back to 000 degrees.
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