Location

Key Words

• Above
• Bearing​

• Compass
• East
• GPS
• Grid Reference​

• Inside
• Map
• Negative
• Next to
• North
• Outside
• Plot
• Position

• Positive
• Quadrant
• South
• Under
• West
• X Axis
• Y Axis

​A compass indicates direction with a needle that points to the magnetic north pole. In addition to North, East, South and West, more accurate directions can be obtained in degrees.

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Grid Refernce

Grid references locate positions on a map or grid. The horizontal (left to right) position is given before the vertical position. 

• Grid
• Cartesian Plane
  

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