As a draughtsman, we just usually called it the North Point.
David in Ballarat
What's the English term -- *is* there an English term? -- for the
do-dad that used to show up on old maps? It looks like what one sees on
a compass: a convergence of rhombuses (rhombi?), usually 8, sometimes 16,
but
Gentle Spiders,
I need help...
What's the English term -- *is* there an English term? -- for the
do-dad that used to show up on old maps? It looks like what one sees
on a compass: a convergence of rhombuses (rhombi?), usually 8,
sometimes 16, but at least 4, each pointing to a different
Tamara,
It's called a compass rose. Here's a website that tells of it's origins.
http://www.gisnet.com/notebook/comprose.html
Heather
Abbotsford, BC
Where we are having unseasonable warm weather.
At 09:59 PM 28/09/2003 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
Gentle Spiders,
I need help...
What's
On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 06:59 PM, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
What's the English term -- *is* there an English term? -- for the
do-dad that used to show up on old maps? It looks like what one sees
on a compass: a convergence of rhombuses (rhombi?), usually 8,
sometimes 16, but at least
