File:North Magnetic Poles.svg

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English: Location of the North Magnetic Pole and the North Geomagnetic pole in 2017, shown on a map together with the geographic north pole. Pole positions are from IGRF-12, as shown on http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/poles/polesexp.html.
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GMT Source Code

GMT (Generic Mapping Tools), http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ archive copy at the Wayback Machine

@echo off
set PS=magpole3.ps
pscoast -K -Dl -JE0/90/12c -R-45/60/135/60r -Bxa30g30 -Bya10g5 -A150 --MAP_FRAME_AXES=wesn --MAP_TICK_LENGTH_PRIMARY=0 --MAP_FRAME_TYPE=plain --MAP_POLAR_CAP=none --MAP_FRAME_PEN=0.6p -G205/205/205 -S237/249/255 > %PS%
psxy magneticpoles.txt -J -R -O -K -Sc0.23c -G240/117/104 -Wthick,0/0/0 >> %PS%
psxy geographicpole.txt -J -R -O -K -Sc0.23c -G0/0/0  >> %PS%
pstext -J -R labels.txt -F+f12,Helvetica,100/100/100 -O -K >> %PS%
pstext -J -R magneticpoles.txt -F+f15,Helvetica,0/0/0+j -Dj0c/0.3c -O -K >> %PS%
pstext -J -R geographicpole.txt -F+f15,Helvetica,0/0/0+j -Dj0c/0.2c -O >> %PS%

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current09:10, 21 July 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:10, 21 July 2017433 × 433 (511 KB)CavitUpdated pole positions to 2017 values
19:37, 19 June 2016Thumbnail for version as of 19:37, 19 June 2016433 × 433 (511 KB)CavitUser created page with UploadWizard

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