The rugged features of the WG-3 include an improved waterproof depth rating to 45 feet, while the WG-3 GPS offers enhanced GPS functionality for geo-tagging images that can be mapped back to your journey and a dedicated second display showing compass direction, elevation or depth below water.

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His orientation was with a compass stuck in one direction.

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It utilizes a phone's digital compass, and read out the direction the user is facing, something that is apparently very important when navigating through public transport, while the audio component opens up Google Map features in a non-visual way.

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Certainly, there is a moral compass at work, and it's pointing the minister in a different direction than the leader of the Church of England.

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In other words, Mrs Thatcher was never without an ideological compass which, at least until her last two years in power, provided a steadfast guide to direction and action.

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