Re: Northing

From: <Christopher>
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 09:22:00 EDT

>Does anyone know whether the direction shown by a compass is the magnetic
>north or the geographic north. What is the offset angle and the direction
>with respect to the other.

A magnetic compass shows magnetic north, which can vary from true north by a little or a lot, depending on where you are with respect to the magnetic pole. Do a Google search on "magnetic pole." What the hell brought this up on a piping list?

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<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw</a> Received on Wed Oct 15 09:22:00 2003