Compass Geological

Even in the era of GPS, the orientation with topographic map, compass and altimeter is still significant for defining one’s position as well as for the geologist survey of the environment.

In general, geological compasses that are not just for practical usage for direction finding and navigation (especially in remote areas), also have the ability to measure strike and dip of bedding surfaces and/or metamorphic foliation planes. Structural geologists (i.e., those concerned with geometry and the pattern of relative movement) also have a need to measure the plunge and plunge direction of lineation’s.