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Re: Newbie - Variation Question
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2002 Feb 11, 17:59 -0600
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2002 Feb 11, 17:59 -0600
At 01:04 PM 2/11/02, you wrote: >Pierre, > >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? ... >My other fixed GPS (Garmin) subtracts the Easterly variation to agree with >the compass. > >Any other clarification would be appreciated. > >Regards, > >Andrew Denman Subtracting an Easterly Variation marked with a positive sign, gives the same result as adding an Easterly variation marked with a negative sign. It's a matter of convention. Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!
