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Wow. Nothing like a bit of news. Magnetic north changes folks, and the chap in the article suggests
Cartier said large ships and planes have sophisticated electronic navigation systems, but the vast majority of small boats and planes have magnetic compasses and rely on them heavily.

"They don't have the money to spend for a sophisticated system," he said.

He added that boaters should always bring updated maps, showing the latest corrections for the magnetic north shift, even if they have GPS.

Update you maps!

It is interesting that runways are designated by magnetic north though, I'd have thought aircraft all had gyro compasses which would rather throw everything back into confusion...
 
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