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Re:Plans to shift aviation from magnetic navigation to true ... by chrisseaton on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:03PM (#29004761)
> 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.
Re:Plans to shift aviation from magnetic navigation to true ... by lisper on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:37PM (#29005211)
Ah. Right. Duh. (I must be having an even worse day than I thought.)