compass reading

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From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2010

Indeed, a small error in compass reading can land an orienteer dozens of yards away from?and make him unable to spot?a plastic punch dangling from a tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

We got a compass reading on the plane before it disappeared.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Express your Compass Bearing and your True Bearing by NEW compass reading.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

Hence, every change in course causes a new amount of Deviation which must be allowed for in correcting the compass reading.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet