La Crosse Technology XG-20 Compass Mode Magnetic Declination, What is Magnetic Declination

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11.2Compass Mode - Magnetic Declination

 

 

What is Magnetic Declination

 

 

 

- T h e M a g n e t i c N o r t h P o l e i s s l i g h t l y

Magnetic North

True North

different from the True North Pole. The XG-20, like

most magnetic compasses, points to the Magnetic North

 

 

 

 

Pole. On the contrary, everything measured from a map is

Magnetic

Magnetic

related to the True North Pole.

 

Declination

Declination

- The angular difference between Magnetic North Pole and

 

 

 

 

True North Pole is called magnetic declination. Its

 

 

amount (degrees and minutes) and direction (easterly and

 

 

westerly) depend on where you are.

 

 

- For serious compass user or users who intends to perform

 

 

accurate navigation,

the

compass must be adjusted to

 

 

compensate for magnetic declination.

 

 

- XG-20also

includes a compensation setting for

 

 

M a g n e t i c D e c l i n a t i o n . C h e c k ' C a l i b r a t i n g t h e

 

 

Compass' section for more details onthe setting.

 

 

Magnetic Declination Information

 

 

- Most topographic maps show magnetic north pole and or

 

 

the magnetic

declination information.

Magnetic Declination

- This manual includes the magnetic declination for some major cities. Check the 'Magnetic Declination at Major Cities' section for more detail.

-For those cities whose names are not included in the list, y o u m a y l i k e t o r e f e r t o t h e o n l i n e m a g n e t i c

declination information at:

1.http://www.geolab.nrcan.gc.ca/geomag/e_cgrf.html

2.http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl

-Use an atlas to find your latitude and longitude before you use the links above.

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La Crosse Technology XG-20 instruction manual Compass Mode Magnetic Declination, What is Magnetic Declination

XG-20 specifications

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