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2. 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

3. Nautical chart - Wikipedia

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   A bearing is the angle between the line joining the two points of interest and the line from one of the points to the north, such as a ship's course or a compass reading to a landmark. On nautical charts, the top of the chart is always true north, rather than magnetic north, towards which a compass points.

4. Nautical star - Wikipedia

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   The nautical star is an informal signifier indicating membership in the United States Coast Guard, United States Navy, or United States Marine Corps. The symbol recalls both the five-pointed star of the US national flag and the color pattern of the compass rose found on many nautical charts. Insignia including nautical stars:

5. Portolan chart - Wikipedia

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   A portolan nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea, second quarter of the 14th century. Kept in the Library of Congress , where it is the oldest original cartographic artifact. Portolan charts are nautical charts , first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions.

6. Compass rose - Wikipedia

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   An 8-point compass rose is a prominent feature in the logo of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball club. Hong Kong Correctional Services's crest uses a four-pointed compass rose. The compass rose is used as the symbol of the worldwide Anglican Communion of churches. [22] A 16-point compass rose was IBM's logo for the System/360 product line.

7. Electronic navigational chart - Wikipedia

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   An Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) is a digital representation of a real-world geographical area for the purpose of Marine navigation.Real-world objects and areas of navigational significance, or to a lesser degree - informational significance, are portrayed through Raster facsimiles of traditional paper charts; or more commonly through vector images, which are able to scale their relative ...