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Map Reading – What are true north, magnetic north and grid north

2nd February 2015 by Gilad Nachmani

True north vs magnetic north on a compass

If this is the first time you are joining the Map Reading series, you should start from the first post. This time we are touching a slightly more complicated and technical subject: true north vs grid north vs magnetic north. The very fact that we have three different Norths is a hint to the problem […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: declination, Geographical North, Grid north, land navigation, Magnetic north, Navigation, True north

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