Looks like a rose compass to me Brian and in this case it is meant to help navigate waterways.

Paige
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I got a question from a fellow cataloger about a marking on the navigation map shown below, the “compass looking thingy.” Doers anyone have a more specific term for it?



Brian Falato

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Collections & Discovery

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Subject: Compass looking thingy on a map



                Howdy Brian,



                I have a map of fishing spots in the Florida Keys that has a big circle with compass directions on it … do you know what that is called?



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                Hank



William C. (Hank) Young

Principal Cataloger

Resource Description Services Department

University of Florida

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