Name this map symbol.

Used on maps to indicate direction, something like this:

____N

W___+___E

____S

On older maps it’s usually ornate, Please don’t make fun of my non-occupied underlines. :wink:

Compass?
Peace,
mangeorge

Are you referring to the compass rose?

Yep, that’s it! Cool name, huh?
Thanks

Yeah, they are very cool. We have a lot of historical maps here in the office and I love going over them to see the mix of science and art.

A lot of modern maps use just that dull half an arrow thing, with one of the “barbs” missing. Saves ink, I guess. :stuck_out_tongue:

Hey, I asked this question once, on this very board.

I painted one on my dinning room floor, with the GPS coordinates for my room. I tell my friends it’s so I don’t ever get lost in my house!

People seem very wowed by it, they probably think it’s a inlay, in fact it’s just painted on.

Pictures? :stuck_out_tongue:

Hmmm. Handy for your Moslem friends when it’s time to pray.

Wiki article on compass roses: Compass rose - Wikipedia

Incidentally, the warship that’s the setting of Nicolas Monsarrat’s wonderful WW2 novel The Cruel Sea is HMS Compass Rose.