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To: kawhill

Maps often use “grid north.”

For instance, Universal Transverse Mercator — if you’re near longitude 6x + 3, with x an integer, true north and grid north will coincide. Otherwise they will differ slightly.

Albers is even worse — you need to be on 96 W for grid north to equal true north.


4 posted on 06/22/2025 1:34:24 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Decent maps also have a declination diagram.


11 posted on 06/22/2025 5:07:42 AM PDT by GingisK
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