
Posted:
Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:24 am
by Charl
Interesting update... without delving in there: how much and how fast is the magnetic pole moving from True North?
I know some runways have had to be renamed recently.

Posted:
Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:13 pm
by SgtPepper
Magnetic variation is slowly changing, the distance per year, like the variation itself depends on your latitude. At our latitude the distance works out to roughly 9mm over 6 years.

Posted:
Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:49 pm
by Charl
The things you learn...
I thought the declination went smoothly with latitude, but no:
The isogenic lines (from Wiki)
That'll give you 8 deg difference over NZ, N to S.
Wonder if my iPhone knows this...

Posted:
Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:55 pm
by Naki
An Iphone knows everything
