Posted February 5, 20169 yr Dear Master,Please teach me how to read this compass reading (see picture below).Q1: Where should I read the direction?Q2: Where should I read the degrees?Q3: In this reading, what is the direction and the degrees?Sorry to ask such basic questions as I am a newbie to FS.
Posted February 16, 20169 yr Staff Using an ordinary compass:-1. Make sure that when taking a reading; often the best is to go to an empty plot of land or grass area or outside of the home to take a reading.1.1. This is because there are reinforced bars embedded within the concrete structures of the home both in the walls and on the floors that may cause fluctuations in compass readings.1.2. Even on an empty plot of land such as grass area, do be careful of embedded metal pieces such as sewerage pipes that may cause the compass needle to sway.2. The easiest is to buy a protractor and use any street directory maps to find the directions. One good source is onemap.sg which uses govt. data survey maps.3. See sample illustrations. Quote On 2/5/2016 11:37:07 AM, Anonymous wrote:Dear Master,Please teach mehow to read this compassreading (see picturebelow).Q1: Where should I readthe direction?Q2: Where shouldI read the degrees?Q3: In thisreading, what is the directionand the degrees?Sorry to asksuch basic questions as I am anewbie to FS.
Posted February 16, 20169 yr Staff Quote On 2/16/2016 10:26:49 AM, Anonymous wrote:Using an ordinary compass:-1. Make surethat when taking a reading; often thebest is to go to an empty plot of landor grass area or outside of the home totake a reading.1.1. This is becausethere are reinforced bars embeddedwithin the concrete structures of thehome both in the walls and on the floorsthat may cause fluctuations in compassreadings.1.2. Even on an empty plot ofland such as grass area, do be carefulof embedded metal pieces such assewerage pipes that may cause thecompass needle to sway.2. The easiest isto buy a protractor and use any streetdirectory maps to find the directions.One good source is onemap.sg which usesgovt. data survey maps.3. See sampleillustrations.On 2/5/2016 11:37:07 AM,Andy Yeo wrote:>Dear Master,Pleaseteach me>how to read thiscompass>reading (seepicture>below).Q1: Where should Iread>the direction?Q2: Whereshould>I read the degrees?Q3: Inthis>reading, what is thedirection>and the degrees?Sorry toask>such basic questions as I ama>newbie to FS.
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