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  2. Compass rose - Wikipedia

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    A compass rose or compass star, sometimes called a wind rose or rose of the winds, is a polar diagram displaying the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points. It is used on compasses (including magnetic ones), maps (such as compass rose networks), or monuments.

  3. Wind rose - Wikipedia

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    A wind rose is a diagram used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. Historically, wind roses were predecessors of the compass rose (also known as a wind rose), found on nautical charts , as there was no differentiation between a cardinal direction and the ...

  4. File:Reinel compass rose.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: replica of compass rose in Pedro Reinel's nautical chart of 1504. It is the first known wind-rose to clearly represent the fleur-de-lys. The practise was adopted in other nautical charts and survived till today.

  5. File:Brosen windrose Full.svg - Wikipedia

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    Compass Rose (Роза румбов) Date: 9 November 2010, 02:11 (UTC) Source: Brosen_windrose.svg; Author: Brosen_windrose.svg: Brosen; derivative work: Auanika (talk) Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Brosen windrose Full-fr.svg

  6. File:WInd Rose Aguiar.svg - Wikipedia

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    Replica of an ornate compass rose, with letters of traditional winds, a cross pattée (referring to Jerusalem) for east, and a compass needle as north mark, from a ...

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  8. File:Modern nautical compass rose.svg - Wikipedia

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    A modern nautical compass rose. The outer circle (true rose) is aligned with true north; the inner circle (magnetic rose) with magnetic north. Inside the magnetic rose there is also an older 32-point graduation. Date: 15 August 2007: Source: Redrawn in Inkscape; based on a public domain file created by NOAA. Author: Mysid

  9. File:Windrose en.svg - Wikipedia

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