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What critereia does your compass need to meet for it to work as a magnetometer?

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Answer: the device must be level to the earth's surface, there should not be any ferrous materials interfering with the earth's field and the declination angle must be known.

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A magnetometer must be level to the earth's surface, free of ferrous objects that might interfere with the earth's magnetic field, and with knowledge of the declination angle in order to determine compass headings.

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