{"id":48,"date":"2023-12-28T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T12:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2024-02-19T19:45:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:45:21","slug":"how-to-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/?page_id=48","title":{"rendered":"How to use"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"48\" class=\"elementor elementor-48\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6953d92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6953d92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b737f61 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b737f61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1580887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1580887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Point the black arrow on the upper side of your screen against a target and read the bearing.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-8840720 ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">Select magnetic or true depending on whether you wish to read magnetic north or true north.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-8840720 ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If you are moving you will get your COG (course over ground), and SOG (speed over ground). At a standstill, both COG and SOG will read &#8221;zero&#8221;.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>As the only additional function you can always read your position in latitude\/longitude.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Keep in mind that your smartphone might need to calibrate. Adopt the habit to always start by moving your device in circles. To make sure that you are getting the correct data, always check with another compass, mechanical or other.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Due to limitations of smartphones you should never make important decisions based solely upon the smartphone compass.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We hope you will enjoy The Marine Compass and find it useful. Navigate carefully and stay safe!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a58a90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a58a90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e15c1c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e15c1c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mobile-screenshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-60\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mobile-screenshot.jpg 350w, https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mobile-screenshot-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point the black arrow on the upper side of your screen against a target and read the bearing.\u00a0Select magnetic or true depending on whether you wish to read magnetic north or true north. \u00a0 \u00a0 If you are moving you will get your COG (course over ground), and SOG (speed over ground). At a standstill,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/?page_id=48\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">L\u00e4s mer &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to use<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarinecompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}