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Timex Expedition WS4
The Timex Expedition WS4 is a multifunction digital watch produced by Timex Group, Timex. In addition to regular timekeeping, it features barometer, altimeter, thermometer, compass, and weather forecast functions. "WS4" stands for "Wide Screen 4 Functions". It was introduced in May 2009. The watch was Pilot experiment, field tested by American Climbing, climber and adventurer Conrad Anker during an expedition to Garhwal Himalaya in 2008. It was number 4 of "7 Best Outdoor Gear Picks for 2009" by ''Popular Mechanics''. The watch is also on the "Seven advanced watches that do more than just tell time" list of ''The Economic Times''. Its face resembles the rear window of a Land Rover. Its compass function takes into consideration the magnetic declination of a city so that the compass can point to the true North while geolocated in that city. Design and features The watch features a wide screen LCD display designed to show multiple information displays at once without the need to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timex Expedition WS4 Barometric Chart Rainy
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True North
True north (also called geodetic north or geographic north) is the direction along Earth's surface towards the geographic North Pole or True North Pole. Geodetic north differs from ''magnetic'' north (the direction a compass points toward the Magnetic North Pole), and from grid north (the direction northwards along the grid lines of a map projection). Geodetic true north also differs very slightly from ''astronomical'' true north (typically by a few arcseconds) because the local gravitational field may not point at the exact rotational axis of Earth. The direction of astronomical true north is marked in the skies by the north celestial pole. This is within about 1° of the position of Polaris, meaning the star would appear to trace a tiny circle in the sky each sidereal day. Due to the axial precession of Earth, true north rotates in an arc with respect to the stars that takes approximately 25,000 years to complete. Around 2101–2103, Polaris will make its closest approac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
