[time-nuts] Crude Survey Technique

[Brian Lloyd]

On Friday, November 22, 2013, J. Forster wrote:

> If the telescope on your transit can go to your lattitude, sight Polaris
> and you're done after a simple calculation.


This is the simplest high-accuracy solution. Celestial navigation is your
friend.

A magnetic compass is the simplest solution. Magnetic variation is found on
all VFR aviation navigation charts.

2 degrees is an interesting number. It seems either too accurate or not
accurate enough for most applications I can think of.

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