Linguistic anthropological studies have shown that most human communities have four points of cardinal direction. The … See more

In the earliest medieval portolan charts of the 14th century, compass roses were depicted as mere collections of color-coded compass rhumb lines: black for the eight main winds, green for the eight half-winds and red for … See more

The contemporary compass rose appears as two rings, one smaller and set inside the other. The outside ring denotes true cardinal directions while the smaller inside ring denotes magnetic cardinal directions. True north refers … See more

• The NATO symbol uses a four-pointed rose.
• Outward Bound uses the compass rose as the logo for various schools around the world.
• An 8-point compass rose was the logo of Varig, the largest airline in Brazil for many deca… See more

• The Compass Rose is a 1982 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. See more