You’ll need to line up your direction with the map. To do that, put your compass on top of the map and rotate the grid lines ...

In the days since GPS was invented, many of us have lost the skill of navigating by a good old compass and map. As a family ...

TRUE north, magnetic north and grid north have met for the first time in map reading history — at a drainage pipe in Dorset. The three ways of measuring north usually do not align perfectly.

And the magnetic poles frequently don't line up with the pole defined by the axis of the Earth's rotation. Complicating matters further, the field also changes over time.

Every five years, the location of the Magnetic North Pole is updated. In the latest model, it continues its shift toward Siberia, but it is slowing down.

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

True north, magnetic north and grid north will align for the first time this month There is one grid line on Ordnance Survey maps that aligns with the North Pole ...

The magnetic north pole has wandered away from the Canadian Arctic (solid blue line) and toward Siberia for about the past century, but it has considerably sped up over the past 20 years.

Magnetic north pole speeding up could mean navigation nightmares, costly repairs at airports, confused animals and not-so-northern lights.

Earth’s magnetic North Pole is moving toward Russia. NASA In Earth’s northern hemisphere, compass needles point toward the magnetic North Pole, and the location changes depending on the ...

The new World Magnetic Model has revealed that Earth's magnetic north is moving at a rate of 30 miles a year, towards Siberia and away from northern Canada.

Magnetic North is moving so quickly now, it prompted scientists to issue an unplanned, early update to the model we use to accurate navigate the world.