geomagnetism

geomagnetism

Get magnetic declination for given time and place. It's an adaptation of the World Magnetic Model by the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center.

$ npm install geomagnetism --save

Usage

const geomagnetism = require('geomagnetism');

// information for "right now"
const info = geomagnetism.model().point([44.53461, -109.05572]);
console.log('declination:', info.decl);

// use a specific date
const model = geomagnetism.model(new Date('12/25/2017'));
const info = model.point([44.53461, -109.05572]);
console.log('declination:', info.decl);

License

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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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