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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:55:45 -0700
From: "A'Hearn, William" <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum' <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: Compass rose question (fwd)

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/*From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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/*Subject: Re: Compass rose question (fwd)
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/*Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:13:26 -0500 (CDT)
/*From: James Sweetland <[log in to unmask]>
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/*Subject: Re: Compass rose question (fwd)
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/*Just a guess on why the East and West directions on a compass
/*rose would
/*be reversed from the usual (ie, East to the Left, West to the
/*Right, with
/*North at the top):  Maps of the sky show this same arrangement, on
/*the assumption that (as I understand it) you are laying on the ground
/*looking up at the sky.  Possibly the compass in question was for
/*astronomical use??
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