A posture angle processing apparatus includes a magnetic sensor, a
gravitational acceleration sensor, a position information acquisition
device, and a dip angle database device wherein a correlation of the
absolute location and a geomagnetic dip angle at the corresponding point
is stored. Based on the absolute location of the current point, a dip
angle estimation and determination device reads the geomagnetic dip angle
at the current point, calculates an angle formed by a horizontal plane
and the magnetic vector, compares the angle formed by the magnetic vector
and the horizontal plane with the geomagnetic dip angle of the current
point, and outputs either a true signal or a false signal depending on
the error between the angle and the geomagnetic dip angle.