Using the Digital Compass While Mountain Climbing or Hiking

This section provides three practical applications for using the watch’s built-in digital compass.

Setting a map and finding your current location

Having an idea of your current location is important when mountain climbing or hiking. To do this, you need to “set the map”, which means to align the map so the directions indicated on it are aligned with the actual directions of your location. Basically what you are doing is aligning north on the map with north as indicated by the watch.

Finding the bearing to an objective

Determining the direction angle to an objective on a map and heading in that direction

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