Why are headings still magnetic?
Mxsmanic wrote:
Stubby writes:
Well, back in the 1400s or so, north was at the bottom of maps!
You need to buy some new charts.
Nah. They are on the walls of a museum somewhere. In Venice in the
Ducal Palace of the Doge, I believe. But "north at the bottom" was the
accepted convention. I don't know what made them change but that would
be interesting, too.
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