Is there any way to make the compass heading in Maps more accurate?

I find myself perpetually annoyed by the inaccuracy of the iPhone 5 compass when I'm using Maps. Here are my main issues:
1) When I am at rest (perhaps in a parking lot or driveway) and start directions to an address, it rarely starts the map out pointing in the right direction - making it difficult to tell whether I should turn right or left coming out of the parking lot. Of course, once I start moving I can see whether I'm moving in the right direction (and half the time I'm not - no snarky comments, please). It really annoys me that the internal compass can't figure out and take into account which way I'm pointing when I'm at rest. So I can immediately tell which was to turn.
2) When I am moving, and I tap the purple location icon until it enters compass mode one of two things usually happens - both really annoying. Either it asks me to wave the phone around in a figure-8 (which it does often) or it doesn't set me moving towards the top of the map but instead as much as 45 degrees off from that (sometimes even a full 90 degrees). It's annoying to have to disconnect my phone from power - while I'm driving - and wave it around. And it's super annoying that it almost NEVER points the map in the right direction - nor is the error consistent but often spins around all over the place.
Now, I do recgonize that when my phone is mounted on my dash it is angled slightly towards me and thus not truly pointing straight ahead. I might then expect a slight variation in map heading due to do that - but I would expect it to be consistent, and it is not.
So, is anyone else having these problems and has anyone found a way to improve the compass/map performance?
Thanks.

I think this is an ongoing problem with the iPhone 5. I went to the store in my area and asked them about it. They said I needed to be away from any metal objects. Then asked when I noticed it. I replied while at work, The genius asked if there was anywhere I could stand that wasn't near any metal. I said, not safely.... he gave me a puzzled look, then I told him I work on Tankers at sea.
Fortunately I don't have to depend on the iPhone compass. But it would be nice if it were a working feature and not just a cheesy gimmick.

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