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Default Principle of the Lat/Long system

Tim wrote:
Speaking of pyramids its my understanding the the 4 corners were at a
true north south east and west ane with recent technology it's been
proven that they were off byaybe a degree or so.


You would expect true north and not magnetic north. Do not know if they
had magnetic compass. And they may have been very close as probably set
via star sightings and there has been some movement in a thousand years.