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0 degrees is true North. 180 deg is South and 270 deg is West so 250 is slightly West of WSW (West South West = 247.5 deg).

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What direction is 153 degree azimuth?

Very close to south-southeast. Halfway between southeast and south is 157.5 degrees.


What is 168 degree azimuth?

348


What is azimuth degrees?

An azimuth is defined as a horizontal angle measured clockwise from a north base line. This north base line could be true north, magnetic north, or grid north. The azimuth is the most common military method to express direction. When using an azimuth, the point from which the azimuth originates is the center of an imaginary circle . This circle is divided into 360 degrees or 6400 mils . NORTH IS 0/360 AZIMUTH EAST IS 90. SOUTH IS 180. WEST IS 270.


What is the back azimuth of 223 degrees?

As the request is for the back azimuth, then what is wanted is the reverse (or inverse) of the azimuth, 223 degrees. In other words, an object moved in the direction of 223 degrees (Southwest relatively), but now the desire is to reverse the travel in order to arrive at the starting point. (That starting point would have to be Northeast relatively.) One does not typically work with directions exceeding 360 degrees nor less than 0 degrees as that range is the range of a compass. Therefore, the back azimuth of 223 degrees, whatever it is, must be between zero and 360 degrees. To determine the back azimuth all that is necessary is the knowledge that 1) the back azimuth is the opposite direction of the azimuth and 2) 180 degrees either added or subtracted will yield the back azimuth, and 3) the correct back azimuth must be in the range of zero to 360 degrees. Given this knowledge and the variable definitions Ab = Back Azimuth and A = Azimuth, Ab = A + 180 or Ab = A - 180 But which equation yields the correct back azimuth? Using knowledge point #3 above, the correct result will be the one that is between zero and 360 degrees. Therefore, Ab = A - 180 = 223 - 180 = 43 degrees is the correct back azimuth. The other choice, Ab = A + 180 = 223 + 180 = 403 degrees, exceeds the range of the compass, so 403 degrees cannot be the correct back azimuth.


How do you convert magnetic azimuth to grid azimuth?

To convert a magnetic azimuth to grid azimuth, subtract G-M angle.” If you have a magnetic azimuth of 270 degrees, and the G-M angle is 8 degrees, your grid azimuth will be 262 degrees.

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What direction is 265.93 degree azimuth?

It's 4.07 degrees south of West.


What direction is 153 degree azimuth?

Very close to south-southeast. Halfway between southeast and south is 157.5 degrees.


What is a back azimuth?

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What is 168 degree azimuth?

348


What is the most common method of expressing direction?

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What is a direction measured clockwise from a given zero?

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What direction is 206 degree azimuth?

Zero/360 degrees is North; 90 is East; 180 is South; 270 is West. {each is 90 degrees from the next} 225 is Southwest. 45 degrees or half way between south and west. 210 is South-southwest Is that close enough for you? ;-)


What is the most common military method for expressing direction?

Azimuth


How do you calculate azimuth with Google earth?

In order to calculate Azimuth with google Earth one would need to figure the decimals of degree units that are used and find the direction of point A to B. Once the calculation has been made one can then decipher the amount of space between points A and B.


What is the Horizontal angle of a bearing clockwise from a standard direction called?

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How do you find magnetic direction?

The angle between the direction your compass points and the direction you're facing is the 'magnetic azimuth'. The angle between the direction to the north pole and the direction you're facing is the 'true azimuth'. They are virtually never the same angle. The difference between them is the 'magnetic declination' or the 'compass declination' in the place where you are at in which.


What is azimuth?

Azimuth is a technical mapping term which is used to describe the direction of angle between north and south on a compass circle through which the circle line passes.