Navigation Terms for OSO Trip

the direction of an object

• bearing

• buoy

• degree

• heading

an object that floats in the water, but that is also anchored in place

• bearing

• buoy

• degree

• heading

a directional unit of measurement on a magnetic compass

• bearing

• buoy

• degree

• heading

1/360th of the circumference of a circle

• bearing

• buoy

• degree

• heading

the direction in which a boat's bow points at any given time

• bearing

• buoy

• degree

• heading

the 60th part of a degree

• bearing

• minute

• degree

• second

the 60th part of a minute of angular measure

• bearing

• minute

• degree

• second

a map used by navigators

• chart

• gps

• course

• longitude

the direction in which a boat is steered

• chart

• gps

• course

• longitude

a navigational system that uses a constellation of 24 earth-orbiting satellites to determine the precise longitude, latitude, and altitude anywhere on earth

• chart

• gps

• course

• longitude