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12 September 2025

N    22:01  Compass rose diffhist +27,633 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{Short description|Figure on a compass, map, nautical chart}} thumb|250px|A common compass rose as found on a [[nautical chart showing both true north (using a nautical star symbol) and magnetic north with magnetic variation. Also notice the correspondence between the 32-point rose (inner circle) and the modern 0–360° graduations.]] File:Windrose en.svg|thumb|Compass rose with the eight [[pr...")
N    21:51  Magnetic declination diffhist +23,464 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{Short description|Angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north and true north}} thumb|Example of magnetic declination showing a compass needle with a "positive" (or "easterly") variation from geographic north. N<sub>g</sub> is geographic or true north, N<sub>m</sub> is magnetic north, and δ is magnetic declination. '''Magnetic declination''' (also called '''magnetic variation''') is the angle between magnetic north and ...")
N    21:44  Bearing (navigation) diffhist +15,246 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{Short description|Angle between two objects}} thumb|upright=1.3|A standard [[Brunton compass, used commonly by geologists and surveyors to obtain a bearing in the field]] In navigation, '''bearing''' or '''azimuth''' is the horizontal angle between the direction of an object and north or another object. The angle value can be specified in various angular units, such as Degree...")
N    21:38  Dead reckoning diffhist +27,688 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{Short description|Means of calculating position}} {{Other uses}} {{Anchor|2D|3D}} upright=1.2|thumb|The navigator plots their 9 a.m. position, indicated by the triangle, and, using their course and speed, estimates their own position at 9:30 and 10 a.m. In navigation, '''dead reckoning''' is the process of calculating the current position of a moving object by using a previously determined position, or fix,...")
N    21:35  Atlas diffhist +12,890 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{Short description|Collection of maps}} {{About|a collection of maps|the Titan in Greek mythology|Atlas (mythology)|other uses|Atlas (disambiguation)}} {{Distinguish|Atlus}} thumb|upright|Frontispiece of the 1595 Atlas of Mercator An '''atlas''' is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Advances in astronomy have also resulted in atlases of...")
N    21:31  Rhumbline network diffhist +11,236 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{short description|Navigational aid drawn on early portolan charts}} {{Distinguish|Rhumb line|Compass rose}} thumb|upright=1.25|Windrose network -16 vertex on each [[Portolan.]] thumb|upright=1.25|Image of Petrus Vesconte A '''rhumbline network''' (or '''windrose network''') is a navigational aid consisting in lines drawn from multiple vertices in different co...")
N    20:38  Periplus diffhist +10,441 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{short description|Manuscript listing ports and coastal landmarks}} {{about|a type of historic document|the modern ''Periplus Publishing Group''|Tuttle Publishing|the drug with trade name Periplum|Nimodipine}} thumb|Beginning of the ''[[Periplus of the Euxine Sea|Periplous tou Euxeinou Pontou'' by Arrian of Nicomedia, Johann Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, Basel 1533]] A '''periplus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛr|ɪ|p|l|ʌ|s}}), or '...")
N    13:09  Mercator projection diffhist +53,747 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "{{Short description|Cylindrical conformal map projection}} thumb|350px|right|Mercator projection of the world between 85°S and 85°N. Note the size comparison of Greenland and Africa. 350px|thumb|The Mercator projection with [[Tissot's indicatrix of deformation.]] thumb|350px|right|[[Mercator 1569 world map ({{lang|la|Nova et Aucta Orbis Terr...")
N    12:43  Loxodromic navigation diffhist +1,883 WikiKnight talk contribs (Created page with "thumb|300px | Rhumb line navigation path: β = constant '''Loxodromic navigation''' (from Greek ''λοξóς'', oblique, and ''δρóμος'', path) is a method of navigation by following a rhumb line, a curve on the surface of the Earth that follows the same angle at the intersection with each meridian. This serves to maintain a steady course in sailing.<ref name="WeintritNeuma...")

10 September 2025