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Default Navigation question (Projecting a waypoint w/GPS)
On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:38:10 -0500, wrote:

Seems to me, whichever I use,
"due east" (or 90 degrees) should still mean never getting off the
lattitude where I started. Yes?/No?

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No.

Due east magnetic will change your latitude unlees you are in a
location where declination equals zero (true = magnetic). Same with
due west of course.
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