GPS Compass Displays
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GPS Compass Displays
Do most hand held GPS compass displays indicate true or magnetic track?
(I understand some are loaded with magnetic variation but I have a new Garmin 496 and the instruction manual appears quite non-discript on this)
What's the latest on the world going to true as a datum rather than magnetic?
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(I understand some are loaded with magnetic variation but I have a new Garmin 496 and the instruction manual appears quite non-discript on this)
What's the latest on the world going to true as a datum rather than magnetic?
Regards
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496 works with auto mag var, true, grid and user mag var as you wish. See page 121. My own GPS has the same options but names them differently.
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Thanks Bushfiva, I hadn't found that gen on p121. I'm trying to put forward a briefing on navigation for glider pilots this winter and wanted to highlight some of the problems with GPS.
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