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RE: Boxing the compass
Posted by: Craig McLean ()
Date: January 15, 2001 02:18AM

<HTML>Hi Jake!

Call me Craig. Mr. McLean sounds so formal amongst us comrades here!

How do your additional points of the compass work? I\'m lost beyond a 16-point compass...unless you just go with straight azimuths (compass directions), by number.

Actually, in the infantry, we usually just went by the numbers....having to convert from magnetic to grid (or visa versa) azimuths according to the local declination diagram. Grid (map) and magnetic (taken by compass on the ground) azimuths always varied by a few degrees, for plotting purposes, which over long distances could mean a large variance--and had to be taken into account as far as maneuvering around and so on.

Somehow, I\'ll bet nautical readings might be an entirely different animal....


sign me \"curious\"

Regards,

Craig :)</HTML>

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Subject Written By Posted
Boxing the compass Yves D. 01/14/2001 08:45PM
RE: Boxing the compass Craig McLean 01/14/2001 11:35PM
RE: Boxing the compass Jake 01/15/2001 12:56AM
RE: Boxing the compass Craig McLean 01/15/2001 02:18AM
RE: Boxing the compass Rainer Bruns 01/15/2001 03:55AM
RE: Boxing the compass CAL 01/15/2001 12:40PM
RE: Boxing the compass Rainer Bruns 01/15/2001 02:47PM
RE: Boxing the compass Yves D. 01/15/2001 06:24PM


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