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Does SkySafari Use Magnetic Or True North In History Not Real Time? (Answer: True North If You Have Your Location Services Turned On In The Device)

Michael Cei

October 13, 2019 19:13

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When checking history, not real time, is the bearing show at the top left true or magnetic north?

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  Keiron Smith October 15, 2019 20:29

  Hi Michael,

  The app does indeed use true north if you have your location services turned on in the device.  It needs to know your location in order to look up the deviation from magnetic north to true north.
  
  Even when supposedly using true north, the app occasionally will display incorrect directions.  We have looked at this in great detail and it is actually the device that is giving us wrong data.  The electronic compasses in mobile devices can be notoriously inaccurate at times.

  Thanks!