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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css"><!--blockquote.cite { margin-left: 5px; margin-r= ight: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; border-left: 1px solid #= cccccc;} blockquote.cite2 {margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 10px;= padding-right: 0px; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; margin-top: 3px; paddi= ng-top: 0px; } a img { border: 0px; } li[style=3D'text-align: center;'], li[style=3D'text-align: right;'] { lis= t-style-position: inside;} body { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt; } --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Dave my Daughter tells me not to w= ear a bra with wire</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">support when on a surveying team! Not t= hat I would but its<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">good advice for the ladies!<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Another story I had a couple of guys ou= t fishing once and one<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">had a new "Device" that would d= o everything but  boil the kettle. <br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Anyway at lunch he got the thing out an= d said it has a compass and<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">pointed in the direction of the sun and= said "That is North" so I said<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">"That is South!" He said how do= you know ? you don't have a device!<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">I had a compass in my pocket but didn&#= 39;t bring it out So I said I don't need<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">a device to tell me the sun will be in = the south at noon! His friend a Cajun<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">laughed til he shook and the guy said I= got to read the directions again.<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">So a little common sense goes a long wa= y in the bush.<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the spring<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> On April 21, 2018 at 9:00 AM David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"position: relative; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: = 10px; border-left: solid 1px blue;" type=3D"cite"> <br/>=20 <div> Hi All, </div>=20 <div>     On the subject of compass choices the magnetic needle get= s my vote; no batteries. For cross-country travel in foggy or cloudy weathe= r I like a Silva </div>=20 <div> compass which can be pinned to your chest (with a second safety pin att= ached because the compass pin can open when pushing through dense brush). B= ut don't have an eversharp pencil nearby; as in your shirt pocket. The = metal in these can pull a compass 70 degrees. My eversharps likely date bac= k to the 80s or earlier. This may not apply to more recent models. </div>=20 <div> Yt, DW, Kentville </div>=20 <div> ------ Original Message ------ </div>=20 <div> From: "David Patriquin" < <a href=3D"mailto:davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca">davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca</a= >> </div>=20 <div> To:=20 naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div>=20 <div> Sent: 4/20/2018 6:45:39 PM </div>=20 <div> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] digital compasses for phones - old fashioned co= mpass/correct for magnetic declination </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div id=3D"xe97f467a11e14d4">=20 <blockquote type=3D"cite">=20 <div style=3D"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-seri= f; font-size: 13px;">=20 <div>=20 <div> Old fashioned yes, but 'best to get one for which you can reset= the north reading to correct for magnetic declination which is substantial= ( <span><span style=3D"color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif= ;">-</span><span style=3D"font-weight: bold; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: a= rial, sans-serif;">17° 18' for Halifax)</span></span> </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div class=3D"ydp3e466731signature"> David G Patriquin <br/> <br/>Web Stuff at=20 versicolor.ca=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> Forest Blog at=20 nsforestnotes.ca <br/>=20 <p class=3D"ydp3e466731MsoNormal"><br/><span style=3D"background-c= olor: #fdf869;"></span></p> emails sent to=20 patriqui@dal.ca &=20 <a href=3D"mailto:davidgpatriquin@gmail.com">davidgpatriquin@gmail= .com</a> go to=20 <a href=3D"mailto:davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca">davidgpatriquin@yahoo.= ca</a>  </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div id=3D"ydp603375fbyahoo_quoted_5208225937" class=3D"ydp603375fbya= hoo_quoted">=20 <div style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Aria= l, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #26282a;">=20 <div> On Friday, April 20, 2018, 6:27:26 p.m. ADT, pce < pce@accesswave.ca> wr= ote: </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>=20 <div dir=3D"ltr"> Hi, Randy- <br clear=3D"none"/> <br clear=3D"none"/>There=E2=80=99s lots of info on the Internet = about cell-phone compasses. <br clear=3D"none"/> <br clear=3D"none"/>The compass hardware in smart phones is a kin= d of magnetometer, detecting the Earth=E2=80=99s magnetic field. They are n= otorious for unreliable readings. An =E2=80=9Capp=E2=80=9D is required to d= isplay the output of the magnetometer on the screen, but the app just displ= ays what the hardware tells it, so the cheapest one will work just as well = as the most expensive. <br clear=3D"none"/> <br clear=3D"none"/>Smartphone compasses do not depend upon the c= ellular system; you don=E2=80=99t need a cell connection to use them. But y= ou=E2=80=99d probably be better off with a cheap old-fashioned  compas= s. <br clear=3D"none"/> <br clear=3D"none"/>=E2=80=94- Peter Payzant <br clear=3D"none"/>=20 <div id=3D"ydp603375fbyqtfd25429" class=3D"ydp603375fbyqt30301240= 95"> <br clear=3D"none"/>> On Apr 20, 2018, at 14:28, Randy Lauff= < <a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</= a>> wrote: <br clear=3D"none"/>>=20 <br clear=3D"none"/>> Has anyone downloaded one of the digit= al compass apps for use on their phone? Can you let us know if you found it= good or not? Was it free? Can it be used in areas with no cell coverage? <br clear=3D"none"/>>=20 <br clear=3D"none"/>> Thanks, <br clear=3D"none"/>> Randy <br clear=3D"none"/>> _________________________________ <br clear=3D"none"/>> RF Lauff <br clear=3D"none"/>> Way in the boonies of <br clear=3D"none"/>> Antigonish County, NS. <br clear=3D"none"/> <br clear=3D"none"/> </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 <div> <br/>  </div> =20 </body></html>
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