Can a person really have an internal compass (can always feel true North)?
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Nope. \nThere is some evidence that people can sense the magnetic field of the earth and tell which way magnetic north is. But as for true north no one can do that without knowing the magnetic variation for the location they are at.\nWell if you know the time of year and about where you are you could tell true north from the stars but that would be about the same as knowing the magnetic variation for your location.
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Yes, it is possible. That last question is harder to answer though. Listen to yourself... if you have a feeling about something don't just dismiss it. In time with patience and some work on your part you'll figure it out.
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hope this helps\n\nthank you wiki\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass
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a compass tells you which way is north. once you know where north is you can tell in which directions south, east, and west is.
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Magnetic North of course because they use compass.
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There are three types of North to consider.\n\nMagnetic north is determined by the Earth's magnetic field. This point moves considerably wandering in an eliptical path on a daily basis, and moves even more over a period of decades. On average it moves 10 km per year. Because of this all maps require a correction to be made for the reading of a compass in order to match the map. This is known as declination, also called magnetic declination. Declination also varies according to variations in the Earth's magnetic field in different geographic areas.  In order to use a magnetic compass to navigate with a map you must know your local declination value. \n\nTrue north is determined by the celestial North pole, which is the term used by navigators for the position of the star Polaris. This point will only be useful for about another thousand years because of the precession of the Earth during its orbit. Precession could be described as a wobble in the Earth's axis of rotation. \n\nCelestial north, or grid north is the point where the earth's spin axis hypothetically extends through the earth. Relative to our position on the planet this does not change because it is essentially an arbitrary point decided on by cartographers. However it is not consistent from one geographic coordinate system to another. This is because a globe is the only way to accurately represent all points on the earth and a map using any two dimensional coordinate system will have errors in some part of the map.
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I'm at crossroads...I can go forward and back as well as left or right.  I think I might just sit down for a spell before I figure out which road to take.
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I take it you are speaking of a normal compass, just one that happens to be very old.\n\nStand still and hold it so it is relatively flat in your hand (I find it works best for me if I hold a compass in my palm).\n\nThe needle should automatically move to magnetic north.\n\nTurn so you are facing the same way the needle points, and you will be facing north, as well. Due west will be directly to your left, south will be directly behind you, and east will be directly to your right. \n\nYou need to have an idea of where the location you are trying to reach is if you want to get there by using a compass, and a map is really helpful. Say that your object lies to the NE of where you are standing. If you are facing north, and east is on your right, then NE is between the two. Find an object in the distance to orient yourself to NE, and begin to move in that direction. \n\nTake regular compass readings, so you know that you haven't strayed off course and begun moving to the north or the east again.\n\nIf you want to learn to use a compass effectively, I really suggest you take some time and go out in the woods. Stay close to where your car is, preferably on a marked trail, so you don't get lost, and practice finding your direction.\n\nCompasses are great, but if you plan on being out in the wild a lot, and need a really sure way of knowing where you are located, I strongly suggest you look into a small GPS (global positioning system) unit. GPS uses satellites to fix your location anywhere on the planet, and for around $100, you can get one that is accurate down to about 10 feet. Many GPS units also have all sorts of neat add-ons so you can mark spots where you saw interesting things, or find spots of interesting locations. \n\nHope this explains it a little for you.
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Can you give angle measures ?  Cant do much without those or some relationship between the other sides.
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Above the line, the directon is north\n\nBelow the line, the direction is south.\n\nI think.  From what i remember, you use the right-hand rule.  Imagine pointing your right thumb toward west.  Your four fingers, will indicate the direction of the magnetic field.
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If you can't afford a compass, wake up early in the morning and look for the sun.  It will rise in the East.  If you turn 90° to the right, that will be South.  West is the opposite direction from East and North is the opposite direction from South.
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If you stood on the North Pole, your compass would point south towards the magnetic pole. \n\nThe magnetic pole is not and never has been connected with the north pole. The north pole is a demarcation of the earths point of rotation in space. The magnetic pole is the actual location of the northern pole of the Earth's magnetic field.
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I use one underground regularly.  The magnetic field pervades the whole planet.  Magnetic objects or rocks can distort the measurements, but they can at the surface too.\n\nEven if you were so deep underground that your compass was above the Curie Point and lost it's magnetism (in which case you would be dead as that is over 500 degrees), you could still use a fireproof electronic flux-gate compass, as the magnetic field is generated by the molten iron core (nobody is exactly sure how), so the field is present at all temperatures.
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No, two rights make a U turn....traveling north, right turn ...traveling east, right turn...traveling south....two more rights puts you back in the original direction. based on a 90 deg. turn.
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Simply answer:\n\nLongitude is "long ways around the Earth"\n\nLatitude is "Latter up the Earth"\n\nIf you are circumnavigating you are traveling along the Latitude or going around the Earth on a line.  So if you move left or right on that line your change your latitude - typically referred to as North or South.  \n\nYour longitude incidentally is always changing as you circumnavigate around the Earth.  But that changes even if you don't make a course change.  :p\n.\nOh, dah, I get it, l had it backwards, sorry, like if you go over the poles of the earth.  Okay.  Dah.  \nYou are traveling North to South or South to North.  Once you reach that point (one of the poles) it changes
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The compass needle is made of metal (therefore a conductor) and can move freely, as a result of this the magnetic field of the earth exerts a force upon the needle and forces the needle to align with the field lines, due to this fact all field lines are traveling towards the north pole of the planet a compass always points north.
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If your on one of the poles the needle will keep pointing in the direction of north, but if your on magnetic north the needle will just start spinning around the place.