Re: Variation of compass
Subject: Re: Variation of compass
From: Michael Wescott (wescott_mike@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 15:04:15 EDT
hprinz@XXX.XXX said:
> I doubt very much that this is what Dave Weilacher wants. I thought
> that I had explained in my message re: Magnetic North Pole of Jan 11,
> 2002 that a magnetic compass does NOT point into the direction of the
> magnetic north pole.
I think you've misunderstood my response. I was indicating that a great
circle bearing was indeed the correct approach for the simplified method
of taking a bearing on the North magnetic pole. It was not meant to
imply that such a model would approximate reality in any practical way.
--
Mike Wescott
Wescott_Mike@XXX.XXX
