Help topics
- Purpose of the site
- Compass features
- Compass menu
- Compass or GPS - advantages and disadvantages
- Compass Test
- Draw a single or multi-legged route
- Extending the compass direction of travel arrow
- False readings when using a compass
- Fine Tuning the OpenStreetMap Compass
- Getting started with OpenStreetMap Compass
- GPS or Compass - pros and cons for navigation
- Grid references test
- How to use a compass
- Import OpenStreetMap routes
- Key
- Latitude and longitude positions: degrees, minutes and seconds
- Magnetic declination or variation
- Magnetic declination or variation adjustment
- Magnetic declination or variation calculation
- Map projections
- Map reading
- Map reading skills test
- Menu
- Moving the OpenStreetMap Compass
- My OpenStreetMap Compass Map Routes
- Negative magnetic declination or variation
- New Features
- North: different types
- North on OpenStreetMap
- Ordnance Survey maps integration
- OpenStreetMap Key
- Panning and Zooming with OpenStreetMap
- Positive magnetic declination or variation
- Print Map Function
- Projection of OpenStreetMap
- Route drawing
- Route Information Display
- Safety
- Save and Store OpenStreetMap Compass Map Routes
- Single leg or multi-legged routes?
- Test your compass reading skills
- Tips
- Types of bearings
- Updates
- User Guide
- Watch as Compass
- What is a compass?
- What type of compass is used on the site?
- Zooming with OpenStreetMap
What is a compass?
A compass has a magnetic needle pointing approximately north to the Earth's north magnetic pole in northern Canada. This helps you to locate your position on a map, to take a bearing in degrees and to set the direction you wish to travel.
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