Compass point (16-wind)
ID compass_point
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Abbreviation of one of the 16 principal points of the compass, from N through NNE, NE and ENE to NNW, each 22.5 degrees apart. Weather observations and forecasts use it for wind direction, and geographic data for orientation. Values in degrees and 32-point names such as NbE are not covered.
- Categories
- Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste), Geographic identifiers
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^(?:N|NNE|NE|ENE|E|ESE|SE|SSE|S|SSW|SW|WSW|W|WNW|NW|NNW)$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| NNE | North-northeast, 22.5 degrees |
| WSW | West-southwest, 247.5 degrees |
| NEN invalid | Letters in the wrong order |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Румб (16 направлений) | Сокращение одного из 16 основных румбов компаса (N, NNE, NE ... NNW) через 22,5 градуса. В метеоданных так записывают направление ветра. |
Sources
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/compass_point - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/environment/compass_point.yamlon GitHub