compass reading

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From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2010

Indeed, a small error in compass reading can land an orienteer dozens of yards away from?and make him unable to spot?a plastic punch dangling from a tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

We got a compass reading on the plane before it disappeared.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Hence, every change in course causes a new amount of Deviation which must be allowed for in correcting the compass reading.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

The symbol η here represents the position of the mid-line of the sector expressed in terms of its 360° compass reading.

From A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 by George H. Lowery.