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lisper
1703 days ago
How do you determine true north
with
a GPS system? GPS only gives you your position, not your orientation.
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chrisseaton
1703 days ago
> How do you determine true north with a GPS system?
def true_bearing(magnetic_bearing, location) magnetic_bearing + gma(location) end
And that's the point - your true bearing is a function of your location.
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lisper
1703 days ago
Ah. Right. Duh. (I must be having an even worse day than I thought.)
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