To use the compass on your iPhone, you simply need to launch the Compass app and calibrate it. Here's what you need to know.

There’s something about the pull of the great outdoors that seeps into your bones. You start off slow, maybe for a walk in the woods near your house. But soon, that call of the wild has you gearing up ...

I like navigating via paper maps. I know that makes me sound old school. But there are actually still a lot of places out there without cell phone service, and those are usually some of the most fun ...

To access the compass, open the Compass app, which appears by default on all current iPhone models. The application is located on the iPhone Home screen, but if you deleted it, reinstall it from the ...

In the days since GPS was invented, many of us have lost the skill of navigating by a good old compass and map. As a family on the road in a 1991 Airstream Motorhome, we were early adapters to the GPS ...

You can calibrate your Google Maps app to give more accurate directions on iPhone or Android, though your options on iPhone are comparatively limited.

In a world filled with modern navigation tools, there is still a place where the humble compass can be used. Knowing how to make a compass, and teaching others how to make one, serves to develop a ...

On Apple Watch Ultra, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Series 6 and later, the redesigned Compass app can be used to create Compass Waypoints and then find the distance and direction between them. Here ...