Here are links to some compass rose-related websites.
| Website | Comments |
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| GISnet Online | This page presents the short essay "Origins of the Compass Rose" by Bill Thoen, and a graphic of a 32-point compass rose. |
| Stormy Weather SoftWare | This page displays a graphic of a 128-point compass rose. |
| The Voyage of the Alamar | This page includes Bill Thoen's "Origins of the Compass Rose," as well as a graphic of a 32-point compass rose. |
| The Pilgrims & Plymouth Colony: 1620 | This page, part of a study guide prepared by Duane A. Cline, is entitled "Navigation: The Compass Rose." (Graphic) |
| Molly Sanger Carpenter, Sculptor | The State of Delaware Constitutional Compass Rose, a 12-foot bronze disc sculpted by Molly Sanger Carpenter, is embedded in the ground in Capitol Square in Dover, Delaware. (Photograph) |
| The Compass Company | This page has a copy of "Origins of the Compass Rose" by Bill Thoen, as well as a graphic of a 32-point compass rose. |
| Origami Interest Group of the Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, The Netherlands | See the link marked "GIF" for instructions on how to construct a "simple" (8-point) origami compass rose. |
| The Africana Collection of the University of Florida's Smathers Libraries | This page presents a short essay on "the windrose and the classical winds," including a graphic of a 16-point compass rose. |
| Gerard Mittelstaedt, McAllen Memorial Library, Hidalgo County, Texas | This page offers a short historical look at the compass from a sailing enthusiast, including a graphic of a 64-point compass rose. |
| Hiller Aviation Museum | A joint project of the Ninety-Nines, the international organization of women pilots, and Aviation Explorer Post #182 of the Adventurer Scouts resulted in the airmarking of a compass rose at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California. (Photographs) |
| The Australian Section of The Ninety-Nines | In July 1999, the local members of the Ninety-Nines participated in an airmarking of a compass rose at Darwin International Airport in Darwin, Australia. It appears that the logo of the Ninety-Nines is a compass rose, but there is no image of sufficient size at any of the pages of its site, http://www.ninety-nines.org/. (Photograph) |
| The Canadian Ninety-Nines | The history of airmarking compass roses in Canada by the Ninety-Nines. (Photograph) |
| Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Local News | There is a compass rose at the Immigration & Naturalization Service on Ala Moana Boulevard in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photograph) |
| Safeco Field | There is a compass rose at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. (Photograph) |
| François Lachance | I discovered this page, which lists sources for "The Compass Rose Project," through one of my Yahoo or Google searches. It presents a collection of thumbnail images of complete or partial compass roses, mostly from maps. |
| Timmerman Family Park | There is a large compass rose in Timmerman Family Park near Geronimo, Texas. (Photograph) |
| The Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District | This municipal corporation - the PFD - is an independent public authority which was formed to build a new major league ballpark in Seattle, Washington. As part of its mission, it selected art for display in the park, Safeco Field, including a terrazzo compass rose, twenty-seven feet in diameter which was created by a group of several artists. (Photograph, focusing on the hanging sculpture) |
| Portuguese Heritage Society of California | On this page are thumbnail images chronicling the unveiling of the compass rose at the Portuguese Historical Museum in San Jose Park, California. (Photographs) Also see this page which describes the museum's plaza. |
| Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. | At Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, is a multimedia exhibit, Solspherica, which includes a compass rose of recycled rubber. The photograph does not reveal the rose. (Graphic) |
| Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society | In the Main Block building of Wolverhampton University in Wolverhampton, England, is a gray mosaic compass rose. (Photograph) |
| The Salina Journal Online | There is a sunflower-shaped compass rose at Ellsworth Airport in Salina, Kansas. This page presents a thumbnail image of that rose and links to larger images of that photograph. I believe that the directional "N" is partially visible in the lower right of the picture. (Photograph) |
| Commander Eugene S. Sarsfield, An American Naval Hero | There is a compass rose with a sailboat north arrow in the nautical-themed Commander Eugene S. Sarsfield Playground, which encompasses the entire block bounded by East 38th Street, Avenue M, Flatlands Avenue, and Ryder Street in the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn. (No graphic or photograph) |
| Wired New York: Grand Ferry Park | There is a compass rose in Grand Ferry Park, located between Grand Street, West River Street, and the East River, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. It includes pictures of the park, but none of the rose. (I visited this park on June 12, 2002, and was not able to locate said compass rose. I'll try again to search for it the next time I'm in the area.) (No graphic or photograph) |
| Fairport [New York] Parks and Recreation | There is a large compass rose embedded in the sidewalk at North Bank Canal Park in Fairport, New York. (No graphic or photograph) |
| Robinson Iron - Hecht Viewing Gardens | A compass rose is the centerpiece of one of the Hecht Viewing Gardens, which are two triangular, companion parks in Lower Manhattan. (On the campus of Cooper Union? In the vicinity of Stuyvesant Street, which runs diagonally between Second and Third Avenues, around East 9th and 10th Streets?) (Photograph) |
| Spark Park - Park History | A compass rose is central to the Spark Park at Cunningham Elementary School in Houston, Texas. (Photograph not available) |
| Great Falls, Montana | There is a compass rose at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana. (No graphic or photograph) |
| Hampshire County Facilities | A compass rose was due to be installed in October 2001 at the Sensory Garden in Royal Victoria Country Park in the county of Hampshire in Southern England. (No graphic or photograph) |
| Paine Field Happenings - March 2001 (PDF format) | A compass rose is located on the Outer Terminal Ramp at Snohomish County Airport-Paine Field in Everett, Washington. (No graphic or photograph) |
| Sundial Sculptures by John Carmichael | This fellow makes stone and brass sundials through his business, Sundial Sculptures, located in Tucson, Arizona. Supposedly, most of his sundials have a 16-point compass rose of inlaid brass in the center. (Photographs) |
| PRAIRIE fish, a Chicago-based consulting firm | PRAIRIE fish designed this Real Goods store in Santa Rosa, California, which has a multicolored compass rose inlaid in the wood floor near its entrance. (Photograph) |
| Andrusko Group, Designers & Craftsmen: Compass 1 | This firm, which offers "design, fabrication and installation in stone, ceramic, glass, metal, and cast stone," displays one of its works, a compass rose which is engraved and inlayed travertine and marble. (Photograph) |
| Andrusko Group, Designers & Craftsmen: Compass 2 | Here is another compass rose which is engraved and inlayed travertine and marble. (Photographs) |
| Andrusko Group, Designers & Craftsmen: Compass 3 | This compass rose is engraved and inlayed slate, marble, granite and cast metal. (Photograph) |
| Forgotten NY: Street Clocks | The first street clock pictured - one which is embedded in the sidewalk at Broadway and Maiden Lane in Manhattan - also features a compass rose. (Photograph) |
| The (Canadian) Ninety-Nines: The history of the Compass Rose in Canada | Short descriptions of several compass rose painting projects are presented. (Photograph) |
| Old Hampshire Mapped (Martin and Jean Norgate) | Notes on compass roses and wind roses are offerred. Also see the links at the left of the page for additional graphics of compass roses. (Graphic) |
| Bell Library: Maps and Mapmakers: Directions on the Portolans | A short commentary on compass roses in fifteenth-century portolan charts is presented, with three examples from such charts. (Graphics) |
| Meet Judy Mathieson | This page introduces Judy Mathieson, a quiltmaker who uses compass-rose designs in her quilt patterns. A photograph of the cover of her 1995 book, "Mariner's Compass Quilts: New Directions" - which is supposedly her second book on "mariner compass quilts" - is shown. |
| Blå Skagerrak / Stora Hejen och Störön - Kalvö / Lindö | A photograph by Kerstin Olson of compass roses at Compassmountain, Storön, Sweden, is presented. |
| The Taunton Press: Threads Embroidery Collection: One World Compass Rose | A photograph of an embroidery design consisting of an eight-point compass rose is given. |
| Nautical Compass Rose Clock in Wooden Box from Stanley London | Photographs of a clock whose face features an eight-point compass rose are shown. |
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Chart Compasses
More Compass Roses From Portuguese Nautical Charts |
Examples of old compass roses - some quite ornate - are presented on these two pages. (Graphics) |
| All About Maps: Compass Rose, Azimuth, and Quadrants | (Graphics) |
| iGrandparents.com: The Compass Rose, Boating | (Graphics) |