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What is a Rose Compass?
Where would I find out what a Rose Compass is? What is a rose compass used for? How did the rose compass get its name?
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If you mean compass rose then it is the figure on a map that shows the orientation of the map. ie, North, South East and West. The term rose comes from the ornate figures they used to draw on the compass. For a ton more info check out the wikipedia page I added as a source.
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