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A compass is a device that indicates direction by using a magnetized needle or other element to align itself with magnetic north. It is one of the most important tools for navigation. Compasses use the Earth's natural magnetic fields to detect and point toward magnetic north. They can consist of needles, cards, or roses that pivot to show the cardinal directions. Other methods like gyroscopes, magnetometers, and GPS are also used. Compasses are used for navigation, finding locations, and determining direction when hiking, traveling to new places, or on ships and vehicles.

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A compass is a device that indicates direction by using a magnetized needle or other element to align itself with magnetic north. It is one of the most important tools for navigation. Compasses use the Earth's natural magnetic fields to detect and point toward magnetic north. They can consist of needles, cards, or roses that pivot to show the cardinal directions. Other methods like gyroscopes, magnetometers, and GPS are also used. Compasses are used for navigation, finding locations, and determining direction when hiking, traveling to new places, or on ships and vehicles.

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WHAT IS COMPASS?

A compass is a device that


indicates direction. It is one of
the most important
instruments for navigation.

It is also a device that shows


the cardinal directions used
for navigation and geographic
orientation. It commonly
consists of a magnetized
needle or other element, such
as a compass card or compass
rose, which can pivot to align
itself with magnetic north.
Other methods may be used,
including gyroscopes,
magnetometers, and GPS
receivers.
WHAT IS THE USE OF
COMPASS?

The compass is used for


navigation, location and
direction. People use it to find
their way, whether it is on a
hiking trail or on a trip to a
new location.
HOW DOES A COMPASS WORK?
A compass points north because
A compass works by all magnets have two poles, a
north pole and a south pole, and
detecting and responding
the north pole of one magnet is
to the Earth’s natural attracted to the south pole of
magnetic fields. The another magnet. (You may have
Earth has an iron core seen this demonstrated by a pair
of simple bar magnets or
that is part liquid and
refrigerator magnets pushed end
part solid crystal, due to to end.) The Earth is a magnet
gravitational pressure. It that can interact with other
magnets in this way, so the north
is believed that
end of a compass magnet is
movement in the liquid drawn to align with the Earth's
outer core is what magnetic field. Because the
produces the Earth’s Earth's magnetic North Pole
attracts the "north" ends of other
magnetic field.
magnets, it is technically the
"South Pole" of our planet's
magnetic field.
WHAT IS A GYRO COMPASS?
A Gyro compass is a form of gyroscope, used widely on ships
employing an electrically powered, fast-spinning gyroscope
wheel and frictional forces among other factors utilizing the
basic physical laws, influences of gravity and the Earth’s
rotation to find the true north. The gyro is designed for high
precision maritime applications such as offshore operations and
seabed mapping.
WHAT IS A MAGNETIC COMPASS?
in navigation or surveying, an instrument for
determining direction on the surface of Earth by
means of a magnetic pointer that aligns itself
with Earth’s magnetic field. The magnetic
compass is the oldest and most familiar type of
compass and is used in different forms in
aircraft, ships, and land vehicles and by
surveyors.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GYRO
COMPASS AND MAGNETIC COMPASS

A magnetic compass
operates based on
the Earth's magnetic
field, while a gyro
compass uses the
principles of angular
momentum to
determine true north.
NAV1 LAB

RAPHAEL ANDREW L. BUNCALAN III


11-A1

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