Although you're not learning any 'facts' or 'methods' you are training your 'sense of direction'. It's harder to put into words what this actually entails, but it is certainly a skill that you're getting better at the more you train it.

I know what you mean, but I'm being honest when I say it didn't.

I'm just lucky in that I've always had a sense of direction ever since I was little. It's not a skill I've ever had to develop. There's nothing to "get better at". Some people just seem to be born with it, and I got lucky.