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Letter: Scouting for true north

Published 9 September 2015

From Martin Savage

I was surprised that someone would go to the trouble of using GPS and a digital camera to find true north from the position of the sun (8 August, p 13). Anyone who was ever a boy scout knows how to do this with an old-fashioned wristwatch.
Jomtien, Thailand

Issue no. 3038 published 12 September 2015

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