How good is your sense of direction. ?

Question

Suppose someone inside a building tells you to point North, can you without using any references. Secondly if so do you think this is a learned or innate ability.

Answer 1

if i had no idea where i was without context, no i don't think anyone has that kind of sense of direction.  if i have some sort of context, i could tell you which direction things are.

Answer 2

My sense of direction is soooo bad I get lost in parking lots, big department stores and sometimes in my owm house (just kidding). The point is...I think people are born with this ability and I wasn't ...But guess what ...I've lived with it for over 50 years and I'm surviving just find!

Answer 3

I have no sense of direction whatsoever.  Most of the time I have no idea where I am, much less where I am going.  When people give me directions, and say "turn North"  I am like...what the heck!!  Give me Left or right.  I don't think it is something you can learn.  I also think that a good sense of direction is more common in men, than in women

Answer 4

LOL There is an article in the San Diego Union Tribune today claiming that cattle, no matter what continent they are on, have the innate ability to sense the North-South direction and 2/3rds of the time, that is the way they lie down or stand to graze.

I, however, am not as smart as a cow, when it comes to sensing directions! I might well already know the orientation of a building if asked, but it is not an innate ability.

Answer 5

Typically my sense of direction is spot on.  I can easily find my way around new cities but being inside a building I don't think I could do it confidently.  

Answer 6

horrible...

Answer 7

Of course you have to use a reference, or a point, how do you think people at sea navigate?  Of course its learned, you know how many people cant read maps?