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Check your compass - NYTimes

Wed 06 Feb, 2019 3:09 pm

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 9429306847

Re: Check your compass - NYTimes

Wed 06 Feb, 2019 4:00 pm

It's not your compass that you need to check but rather update the angle between magnetic north and grid/true north on your maps and make adjustments to any magnetic bearings you use for navigation. Your compass will always point towards magnetic north.

Re: Check your compass - NYTimes

Wed 06 Feb, 2019 5:24 pm

Thanks Mark. It was their title. Fascinating nonetheless. Only a thousand years for a complete flip. There goes the warranty ...

Re: Check your compass - NYTimes

Thu 07 Mar, 2019 4:45 pm

NYTimes has dumped the story - which is always a worry.
Below is the exact same version in Phys.org
Viewed on desktop it's followed by 8 useful Comments. Seen here on my mobile phone, these Comments are not available.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 5G&ampcf=1

The ABC version ( with a poke at Trump ) :
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... -1&ampcf=1
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