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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">I always include a scale and a north arrow on my maps (actually, I like to use one of the compass roses that comes with ArcGIS) and tilt it roughly towards "true" north (since my maps are all in the Albers projection, the only place where "true" north and grid north are equal is just east of Tallahassee near Monticello or Madison).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">I was thinking that on some of my maps I would like to put the "three point" north arrow that is seen on USGS Topos (Grid North, Magnetic North and True North).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Does anyone have a slick way of doing this? Or do I have to find the magnetic declination for the center of my map (I can obtain that from the USGS website) and adjust for that and grid north manually? Any suggestions?</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Monotype Corsiva">-- John</FONT></B>
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