The idea of course can be associated with orientation or trajectory.
The heading is the trajectory or orientation considered according to a plane . The term is usually used especially to refer to some of the directions that are part of the nautical rose (also known as the compass rose ).
In the maritime field, heading is also a perforation that originates in the hull of a boat and the fragment of a board that is thrown onto the deck of the boat when it is discovered that said part cannot perceive oakum.
The direction indicated by a magnetic compass is known as geographic or magnetic heading , on the other hand.
Most frequent use of the term course
The most frequent use of the term course is associated with the path or path that a person seeks to follow to achieve a goal . For example: "I have to follow this course to get the promotion before the end of the year" , "Estela took the wrong course and today she pays the consequences" , "I still don't understand what course I would have to follow to avoid hurting anyone, especially to myself."
This use of the concept of direction is rather symbolic and appears linked to certain behaviors , values and attitudes. The fact of charting a course implies the existence of a plan that should be respected to reach a desired goal.
The idea of a wrong course, on the other hand, means that the person in question made a decision that they should not have made or that they moved away from what is advisable. In this sense, the course is a kind of moral guide that has to be respected.
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Other meanings
Rumbo is a word that is used in numerous clichés that we hear every day; Here we will mention only some of them:
- "Course of the world" is used to express each of the four cardinal points (East, West, North, South) and the intermediate directions between them.
- "Set course" is a term that was used to indicate the movements that a ship had to make in a naval fight. Currently it also serves to refer to the highest authority of a group that defines the convenient path for the community: "it indicates the direction to be followed."
- "Amend or correct the course" can refer, in the case of boats, to modifying the course of the trip taking into account what is stipulated by the compass needle. When used to talk about a person, it indicates that someone changed their life strategy, work, place of residence or modified certain aspects of their life to live better.
- The expression "On course!" It is used in boats to give a command to the helmsman, telling him to do what he has been ordered in advance.
GPS and heading
Emerging from the utility of a compass , GPS is a device that allows you to know the direction in which you are going. The first of these devices was unveiled in 1965; Since then and thanks to technological advances, highly surprising variants of that first device have been possible. Nowadays, there are even watches with retina screens that act as orientation devices and come equipped with an altitude meter, a compass, a barometer , a temperature sensor and Bluetooth connectivity.
The fundamental thing about GPS is that they are based on a system that has been developed by NASA to determine the position of satellites in space, so their precision is almost exact. The GPS market is in full expansion and nowadays there are very few cars that come onto the market that do not come with one of these devices built-in. Given the immense advantages that this type of tool presents, its functionality has even been incorporated into other products, such as the aforementioned watch, and also many mobile phones.