To: NYer
The magnetic North is always moving. When I have to use map coordinates from a map made in the 1860's, I have to adjust for the change the North has made.
12 posted on
12/28/2009 4:30:21 PM PST by
vetvetdoug
(FUBO, a fashion statement for conservatives.)
To: vetvetdoug
Yes, it is the natural earth...been going on for eons...
20 posted on
12/28/2009 4:36:15 PM PST by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: vetvetdoug
What do you do that requires you to use such old maps?
49 posted on
12/28/2009 5:59:41 PM PST by
Bigg Red
(Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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