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I read the answer about getting true North on my Google Maps on my PC. But I want to know an exact bearing with a compass reading, not an approximation. Can Google Maps do that?

Rudy Toth

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Google Photos uses longitude and latitude measure of the location your camera is in while taking pictures.

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Is Google North true North or magnetic North?

پارسا سلیمانی

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It is true North. And you can also see the magnetic North on your screen.

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Which is North, red needle or white needle?

Jacob Carney

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The most important part on the compass is the magnetic needle. It swings around the compass as you move, but the white (or sometimes black) end will always point in the direction of North and the red end will always point in the direction of South.

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I never know which direction I'm facing when I come out of the train station in the front in Switzerland. Is north always directly ahead of me?

Ski

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The north side is always upward, or at the top of the map. Anything directly above the location you're browsing is always to the location's north.

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To which north does the red needle in Google Maps point, true or magnetic?

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Magnetic north. If you want to find true north, draw a true north line, a Google Maps feature.

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