Boxing The Compass Points. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions north east south and west each separated by 90 degrees and secondarily divided by four ordinal directions northeast southeast southwest and northwest each located halfway between two cardinal directions. There is a point on the compass called south by east and from this point you turn three quarters of a point to the east and you are facing the lighthouse.
A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions north east south and west each separated by 90 degrees and secondarily divided by four ordinal directions northeast southeast southwest and northwest each located halfway between two cardinal directions. Some disciplines such as meteorology and navigation further divide the compass with additional vectors. Back in the old days boxing the compass required to name all the 128 points including fractional points.
Boxing the compassis the action of naming all thirty two points of the compassin clockwise order.
Boxing the compassis the action of naming all thirty two points of the compassin clockwise order. There are 32 points in a circle thus each point is 11 25. There still may be some coast guard or naval academy cadets who must do this but for the most part the system according to my understanding is largely a holdover from days gone by. Some disciplines such as meteorology and navigation further divide the compass with additional vectors.
