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bearing: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Navigation and surveying

A direction given as an angle

The horizontal direction of one point as seen from another, given as an angle measured clockwise from a reference direction, usually north: a compass bearing of 090 degrees points due east, and a navigator or surveyor uses bearings to fix a position and set a course. Bowditch's The American Practical Navigator, the standard navigation manual first published in 1802, sets out how bearings are taken, corrected for magnetic variation, and plotted on a chart. The referent is a direction expressed as an angle, with no width or substance, and it is not a part inside a machine, an emblem on a shield, or a structural support.[1]

Unit: One horizontal direction from an observer, in degrees clockwise from north
Recovery means: Not applicable
Measured by: Read off a compass or theodolite and corrected for magnetic variation and instrument error

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References

Bowditch, N. (2019). The American practical navigator: An epitome of navigation (Pub. No. 9). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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