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Declination-true North

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Declination-true North

From: Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | Date: 2002-10-22 11:05:27 UTC-04:00
Are there many clues that use "true North"?
If they do, would they say they used true North?
Is there a web site that lists the declination amounts for areas across the
US?



> From: "mjfillen"
> Subject: Re: I need a letterboxing guru
>
> Declination. I don't know what it is, nor whether I should have taken
> it into account or not. So I must decline on the ation.
>
> > You did take the magnetic declination into account, right? Although in
> > Indiana it can't be too significant. Most people make the mistake of
> > subtracting the declination when they should be adding, or
> vice-versa. That
> > can really throw you off.