What does N78E mean?

[Wheatmaster]

does it mean north then east 78 degrees? or east then north 78 degrees?

 

[sygyzy]

First.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Where did you see the marking?

I'm a civil/structural engineer with a background in surveying. The N78E is a typical bearing used on survey plats or deed descriptions. The bearing system is set up such that true North and South are 0, and East and West would be 90 degrees from N/S.

Consider a compass having four quadrants: NE, SE, NW, SW....

N78E means that particular direction is 78 degrees from North in the NE quadrant. Since East would be N90E, you could also say that N78E is (90-78)=12 degrees from East.

 

[dmurray14]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Where did you see the marking?

I'm a civil/structural engineer with a background in surveying. The N78E is a typical bearing used on survey plats or deed descriptions. The bearing system is set up such that true North and South are 0, and East and West would be 90 degrees from N/S.

Consider a compass having four quadrants: NE, SE, NW, SW....

N78E means that particular direction is 78 degrees from North in the NE quadrant. Since East would be N90E, you could also say that N78E is (90-78)=12 degrees from East.

You learn something new every day...

 

[BlueWeasel]

Here's a quick Drawing I did in AutoCAD. The fonts look crappy, but it should get the point across.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Here's a quick Drawing I did in AutoCAD. The fonts look crappy, but it should get the point across.

good enough for illustration purposes... or, "all extensive purposes"


also, you "misspelled" East

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Here's a quick Drawing I did in AutoCAD. The fonts look crappy, but it should get the point across.

good enough for illustration purposes... or, "all extensive purposes"


also, you "misspelled" East

LOL, I fvcking suck Apparently E!=W

....drawing is now fixed.

 

[PunDogg]

Originally posted by: dmurray14

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Where did you see the marking?

I'm a civil/structural engineer with a background in surveying. The N78E is a typical bearing used on survey plats or deed descriptions. The bearing system is set up such that true North and South are 0, and East and West would be 90 degrees from N/S.

Consider a compass having four quadrants: NE, SE, NW, SW....

N78E means that particular direction is 78 degrees from North in the NE quadrant. Since East would be N90E, you could also say that N78E is (90-78)=12 degrees from East.

You learn something new every day...

yeah true that