Maps, track up. Charts for in-cockpit use, track up.
It's much easier to directly relate to the outside world.
Naval Charts, north up. Not enough space for track up, nor is one moving fast enough for it to matter, and there's too much writing and symbology that would be harder to absorb at an angle. I was taught and teach North Up for charts on offshore yachts. I was taught and teach making up a track up sketch map for pilotage situations.
High Level aircraft nav charts, if the same conditions apply as for naval charts, then North Up.
What may be causing the confusion was the plan view display on the Tornado F3, which could only show North Up. It could have a few green nav points and lines dropped in, and also gave a God's Eye view on the radar tracks.
The moving map in the GR version was pretty much always Track Up, I believe. That was certainly how moving maps were used in other RAF mud movers (e.g. Jag, Harrier).
There were benefits to North Up when on Combat Air Patrol, due to the racetrack pattern flown, and it could also be better than track up to relate 'Bullseye' calls from 'Magic' (AWACS).
The other TV Tab displayed the Radar picture and was effectively always Track Up.
The pilot had a single TV and could switch between either. I always carried a real map, track up, for stuff like escort missions.
As a civvy light aircraft instructor, I always taught track up.
And for completeness:
Land orienteering, track up
underwater scuba navigation, track up.
(I've taught both of those, too).
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