the location we will be using in the lessons is Castlerigg stone circle near Keswick in the English Lake District.
you can pan 360 around the landscape by clicking and holding the left and right arrows either side of the compass. Give it a go now. Panning around the landscape is the equivalent of turning on the spot. Notice how the red Magnetic Needle moves and always points north. The compass appears to be vertical i.e pointing up to the sky. This is to make it easier for you to see. In reality a compass should be held flat.
In this lesson you will select one of the stones and use the compass to identity it on a map.
We have numbered some of the stones to make them easy to identify on the map. Choose a stone. Pand around and point the black Direction of Travel arrow at the stone.
we now need to measure the angle between magnetic north and the object you are pointing at. This angle is called a magnetic bearing.
in order to do this you need to rotate the compass housing. This is the circular part of the compass that contains the magnetic needle.
Click and hold your mouse down over the grey edge of the compass housing to turn it.