Concept in Definition ABC

Depending on the context in which it is used, the word course presents various references in our language ...

Direction that is traced to reach a destination through some means of locomotion

To direction considered or drawn on the horizon plane is called heading.

So it is that to such a direction that it is projected and continues in any medium of locomotion: car, boat, airplane, bicycle, among others, will be called this way.

In this sense, the word is usually used to refer to any of the addresses that appear included in the nautical rose or compass rose.

The influence of GPS technology and development

At present, due to the substantial progress that has occurred in technology, at all levels and contexts, it has led to the development of special and very precise equipment and devices that precisely indicate the best course we should take to get to this or that destination.
Yes, we are talking about the fabulous and widely used GPS system that indicates us with the most absolute precision and through a satellite network to which it is hooked what is the best course we should follow to get where we are going.

The acronym GPS is the abbreviated way of calling the Global Positioning System, or in Spanish Global Positioning System, which allows all over our planet decide the position held by a certain object, be it a person or a vehicle, which are the most common.

This system was pioneered and implemented by the United States Department of Defense.

It works thanks to 24 satellites that orbit our planet at an altitude of more than twenty thousand kilometers and use synchronized trajectories to cover the entire spectrum of our world.

So when you put the address you want to go to on your GPS device, the satellites in the area will be activated, and quickly, in a few seconds, the apparatus will trace the path to get there.

The device has various very useful information, for example it will indicate the time it will take to reach our destination, the kilometers that separate us from it. It will also indicate us through the locution and a map where we must turn, towards which side, among many other indications that it offers.

Today, following the GPS, it is impossible to get lost and not reach your destination.

Hole in the hull of a boat

On the other hand, in the maritime field , is called heading to hole that is produced in the hull of a boat and the piece of board that is thrown on the deck of the same when it is taken into account that the aforementioned part is not capable of receiving tow.

Magnetic heading

For his part, magnetic heading or geographic heading , turns out to be the reference address indicated by the magnetic compass.

Way someone drives

Meanwhile, in the language current, when you talk about heading you will be referring to the way in which something or someone conducts or develops in life, in a certain situation or circumstance, among other alternatives.

In other words, it is a use symbolic the concept of course, especially linked to its original reference in that of the route; in this sense, the tracing of a course implies the existence of a plan that is followed to achieve certain objectives.
“ Unfortunately, the negotiation took an unexpected turn that we disagreed with and so we parted ways. Laura's situation today tells us that the course she decided to follow was the right one.”

On the contrary, it will speak of wrong or wrong direction when the person in question made a decision that led him to fail in his objective or in his goalSomehow the heading is like a guide moral that each one will pay attention and that of course he must strictly respect if he wants to succeed in achieving his objectives.

Colloquial uses

And in some parts of the Spanish-speaking world, the term rumbo accepts other colloquial uses such as: synonymous with generosity, luxury and ostentation.

Meanwhile, the conflicting concepts are, on the one hand, disorientation, and on the other hand, stinginess.

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