Bearing
Angular measurement express in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS) with cardinal directions attached (N27°15’34”W). Bearings are based on quadrants where North and South are represented with 0 degrees and East and West are 90 degrees. A bearing cannot exceed 90 degrees and is expressed as a function of North or South. N27°15’34”W is read as “North twenty seven degrees fifteen minutes thirty four seconds west.”
