geographic direction

direction from one point to another on Earth's surface
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geographic direction

Summary

geographic direction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • geographic direction's image is recorded as Brosen windrose Full.svg[2].
  • geographic direction's image is recorded as Brosen windrose Full-fr.svg[3].
  • geographic direction's image is recorded as Compass rose german.svg[4].
  • geographic direction's GND ID is recorded as 4159895-7[5].
  • geographic direction's subclass of is recorded as absolute direction[6].
  • geographic direction's has use is recorded as navigation[7].
  • geographic direction's has use is recorded as geography[8].
  • geographic direction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Compass directions[9].
  • geographic direction's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • geographic direction's has characteristic is recorded as north[11].
  • geographic direction's main Wikidata property is recorded as P654[12].
  • geographic direction's studied by is recorded as geography[13].
  • geographic direction's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc6qbm4f[14].
  • geographic direction's Klexikon article ID is recorded as Himmelsrichtung[15].
  • geographic direction's Estonian Subject Thesaurus ID is recorded as 958[16].

Why It Matters

geographic direction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[1] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). geographic direction. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/geographic-direction
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_geographic-direction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{geographic direction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/geographic-direction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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