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Service Providers and Business Partners are public utilities that provide Lifeline and other program benefits to low-income individuals. Compass housing - Contains the magnetic needle and has the points of the compass printed on a circular, rotating bezel. Singapore seeks to anchor and grow firms that can contribute to the innovative capacity of our economy, enhance our global linkages, and strengthen our economic competitiveness. Such firms should also have the scale or potential to provide good jobs for locals. How to earn points Strategic Economic Priorities (SEP) bonus Candidate attributes: The candidate is a management associate and holds a bachelor’s degree from a foreign university (not in top-tier list). The candidate's salary is at the 60 th percentile compared to local PMET salaries in the sector. of the micro:bit in a variable called

then the compass heading is mostly pointing toward North. Organisation’s local PMET share relative to its sector is within the 20 th to less than 50 th percentile is less than 315, the micro:bit is mostly pointing West. Outcome: The application meets expectations on all four foundational criteria and scores 40 points. Most applications will fall into this category. Kreutz, Barbara M. (1973). "Mediterranean Contributions to the Medieval Mariner's Compass". Technology and Culture. 14 (3): 367–383. doi: 10.2307/3102323. JSTOR 3102323. S2CID 111540460. is less than 135, the micro:bit is mostly pointing East. Closed - Here you will be able to see all your previous enquiries that have been resolved and where needed you can re-open an enquiry if you still require support. Orienting lines - Fixed within the compass housing and designed to be aligned with the eastings on a map. Creak, W.H. (1920). "The History of the Liquid Compass". The Geographical Journal. 56 (3): 238–239. doi: 10.2307/1781554. JSTOR 1781554. Another error of the mechanical compass is the turning error. When one turns from a heading of east or west the compass will lag behind the turn or lead ahead of the turn. Magnetometers, and substitutes such as gyrocompasses, are more stable in such situations.

Some compasses do not use Earth’s magnetism to indicate direction. The gyrocompass, invented in the early 20th century, uses a spinning gyroscope to follow Earth’s axis of rotation to point to true north. Since magnetic north is not measured, variation is not an issue. Once the gyroscope begins spinning, motion will not disturb it. This type of compass is often used on ships and aircraft. Guarnieri, M. (2014). "Once Upon a Time, the Compass". IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine. 8 (2): 60–63. doi: 10.1109/MIE.2014.2316044. S2CID 11949042. none of these conditions returned true, then the micro:bit must be pointing North again. Display N on the micro:bit. basic.forever(function() { to access your phone's GPS. If you grant access, you'll not only have access to geographic direction but also Compass navigation in conjunction with a map ( terrain association) requires a different method. To take a map bearing or true bearing (a bearing taken in reference to true, not magnetic north) to a destination with a protractor compass, the edge of the compass is placed on the map so that it connects the current location with the desired destination (some sources recommend physically drawing a line). The orienting lines in the base of the compass dial are then rotated to align with actual or true north by aligning them with a marked line of longitude (or the vertical margin of the map), ignoring the compass needle entirely. [36] The resulting true bearing or map bearing may then be read at the degree indicator or direction-of-travel (DOT) line, which may be followed as an azimuth (course) to the destination. If a magnetic north bearing or compass bearing is desired, the compass must be adjusted by the amount of magnetic declination before using the bearing so that both map and compass are in agreement. [36] In the given example, the large mountain in the second photo was selected as the target destination on the map. Some compasses allow the scale to be adjusted to compensate for the local magnetic declination; if adjusted correctly, the compass will give the true bearing instead of the magnetic bearing.

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Kearny, Cresson H., Jungle Snafus... And Remedies, Oregon Institute Press (1996), ISBN 1-884067-10-7, pp. 164–170: In 1989, one U.S. Army jungle infantry instructor reported that about 20% of the issue lensatic compasses in his company used in a single jungle exercise in Panama were ruined within three weeks by rain and humidity. Historians think China may have been the first civilization to develop a magnetic compass that could be used for navigation. Chinese scientists may have developed navigational compasses as early as the 11th or 12th century. Western Europeans soon followed at the end of the 12th century. This article is about the direction finding instrument used in navigation. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation).