Re: learn something new every day

1998-11-11 Thread Peter Mayer
On 11/11/98 Greg Milsom wrote, Today I learned that one of the reasons my new dial was not as exact as I had hoped was because the magnetic variation I was using to align the dial was several years old and that magnetic variation does in fact change over time. I am now searching material on the

Re: magnetic variation software

1998-11-11 Thread Richard Langley
The magnetic declination changes slowly with time. The Geological Survey of Canada's on-line magnetic declination calculator gives for your coordinates: 1995 10d 11m W 1998 10d 22m W 2000 10d 30m W You can get a DOS or Windows program for do-it-yourself use at http://geomag.usgs.gov/ --