Posted by Jon on September 15, 2003 at 15:44:53 from 151.121.50.1 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Compass (and War) posted by Dave Thewlis on September 13, 2003 at 14:12:52:
I believe it is, but I'm not altogether sure, which is why I qualified my response as I did. The 0-90 E/W of N/S (quadrant) is/was used there because of the simplicity in determining reciprocal bearings, a common activity in field mapping work (and not an altogether unknown phenomenon in marine navigation, so I wonder at Worth's pronouncement). I see that