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It shows you the direction your traveling so you don't get lost.

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To use an ordinary compass, hold it flat in your palm and make sure the needle can move freely. Rotate yourself and the compass until the needle points to the north direction marked on the compass. Now you can determine the other directions (east, west, south) based on the north reading.

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an ordinary compass is a compass rose

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