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Re: Newbie - Variation Question
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2002 Feb 12, 00:36 -0500
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2002 Feb 12, 00:36 -0500
>Thanks for the reply but I am still a little confused. Even if the French
>way is to add the negative easterly variation, shouldn't the resultant
>magnetic heading be the same as the non French way?
YES!
If it does not, you GPS has a software problem. And update is shurely
available on the web site of the manufacturer. I am curious as to what
brand and model is this GPS?
Pierre Boucher
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