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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
As I use this every day I go to work, I can concur with JimmyH...magnetic variation is the term....plus the old navigator's maxim:
Variation east, compass least, variation west compass best.
I also had a *very* old compass (now given to my son) that originally was my great great grandfathers (who was a Clipper ship Captain)....inscribed on the back: East or West, home is best  |
I could be wrong, and don't want to sound like I am teaching some how to suck eggs here, but the way I recalled it was" Variation East Magnetic least" etc.
Deviation relates to the compass, not the actual location on the ground.
Gary