Why would anyone wanna do that?
The basic directions and their abbreviations, starting from north and moving clockwise, are:Tougher question: Anyone know of the names (if they exist) for the four other directions that are roughly NE, SE, SW, and NW but are each 15 degrees off from that true direction.
North (N)
North Northeast (NNE)
Northeast (NE)
East Northeast (ENE)
East (E)
East Southeast (ESE)
Southeast (SE)
South Southeast (SSE)
South (S)
South Southwest (SSW)
Southwest (SW)
West Southwest (WSW)
West (W)
West Northwest (WNW)
Northwest (NW)
North Northwest (NNW)