Compass N E Sw. They are named north east south and west and are represented by the letters n e s w. The intercardinal directions are northeast southeast southwest and northwest.
The four intercardinal or ordinal directions are formed by bisecting the angle of the cardinal directions. The four cardinal directions are north n east e south s west w at 90 angles on the compass rose. These are supplemented by the four primary inter cardinal points which cut the circle into eighths.
The advantage of three figure bearings is that they describe any direction uniquely.
Note that the last one has four figures three in front of the decimal point and one after but it is still a three figure bearing the 4 just gives more accuracy. The advantage of three figure bearings is that they describe any direction uniquely. The four intercardinal or ordinal directions are formed by bisecting the angle of the cardinal directions. Note that the last one has four figures three in front of the decimal point and one after but it is still a three figure bearing the 4 just gives more accuracy.
