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Summary Of: NorthCompass rose with north highlighted and at top... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top... with north highlighted and at top... Roles of north as prime direction... the north magnetic pole will later lie in the southern hemisphere... interest because it is the direction indicated as north on a properly functioning... The difference between it and true north is called the... Roles of north as prime direction... Roles of north as prime direction... Thus the choice of the north as corresponding to up in the... to be drawn for viewing with either true north or magnetic north at the top... of the earth have the North Pole at the top... usually on a map with north at the top and usually with north decorated more prominently than any other compass point... The notion that north should always be up and east at the right was established by the Greek astronomer... While the choice of north over south as prime direction reflects quite arbitrary historical factors...Encyclodia Page On: North |
