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    Re: Magnetic Variation (Declination) Calculator
    From: Brad Morris
    Date: 2009 Aug 4, 13:20 -0400

    Hi Greg
    
    I just entered the pole for a gee-wiz kind of exercise.  To my surprise, it 
    returned zero, so I tried a location close to the pole.  That returned 
    non-zero, indicating that the software has some sort of bug.
    
    Since I have no way to verify any other result it may present to me, I will 
    distrust the data.  How many other lat long locations give 'bad' data?  How 
    would I know?
    
    Should NOAA fix this?  Certainly. How silly of them to permit an entry which provides erroneous results.
    
    Do navigators depend exclusively on a compass within 366 feet of the north pole?  I sure hope not...
    
    Best Regards
    Brad
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com] On Behalf Of Greg Rudzinski
    Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:03 PM
    To: NavList
    Subject: [NavList 9329] Re: Magnetic Variation (Declination) Calculator
    
    
    Brad,
    
    It looks like values above 89.998996� of latitude are all zero instead
    of 14� 24'W. Does NOAA need to correct this since it is only 366 ft
    from the pole?
    
    Greg
    
    
    
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