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Directional Indicators

Directional indicators on maps come in many forms and serve a variety of purposes, from general orientation for the casual user to the facilitation of actual navigation by compass. Others are simply intended to be decorative.

Some take the form of an elaborate compass rose - the compass face with which most people are familiar - while others are little more than an arrow indicating north on the map. Nautical charts often feature very precise compass roses which are marked with a full 360° and show both true north and magnetic north, while maps intended to help people find their way through a network of roads don’t require indicators with that much information. Maps which are created to entertain as much as they are to orient - whimsical tourist maps, for example - may include directional indicators strictly as design elements.

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