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    Area navigation (RNAV, usually pronounced as /ˈɑːrnæv/) is a method of instrument flight rules (IFR) navigation that allows aircraft to fly along a desired...
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  • ICAO performance-based navigation (PBN) specifies that aircraft required navigation performance (RNP) and area navigation (RNAV) systems performance requirements...
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    The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, marine navigation, aeronautic navigation, and space navigation. It is also the...
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  • aviation, lateral navigation (LNAV, usually pronounced el-nav) is azimuth navigation, without vertical navigation (VNAV). Area navigation (RNAV) approach...
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    Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), with an operational name of NavIC (acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation; also, nāvik 'sailor'...
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    A satellite navigation or satnav system is a system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geopositioning. A satellite navigation system with global...
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    The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an air navigation aid developed by the Federal Aviation Administration to augment the Global Positioning System...
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    aircraft to fly a specific path between two 3D-defined points in space. Area navigation (RNAV) and RNP systems are fundamentally similar. The key difference...
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  • video game AI in 2000. A navigation mesh is a collection of two-dimensional convex polygons (a polygon mesh) that define which areas of an environment are...
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    VHF omnidirectional range (category Aeronautical navigation systems)
    means navigation system for commercial and general aviation, (D)VOR are gradually decommissioned and replaced by DME-DME RNAV (area navigation) 7.2.3...
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    application to arriving IFR aircraft destined for certain airports. Area navigation (RNAV) STAR/FMSP procedures for arrivals serve the same purpose but...
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    Ice navigation is a specialist area of navigation involving the use of maritime skills to determine and monitor the position of ships in cold waters,...
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    Marine navigation is the art and science of steering a ship from a starting point (sailing) to a destination, efficiently and responsibly. It is an art...
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  • Web navigation refers to the process of navigating a network of information resources in the World Wide Web, which is organized as hypertext or hypermedia...
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    The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised EUROCONTROL), is an international organisation working...
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    Radio navigation or radionavigation is the application of radio waves to determine a position of an object on the Earth, either the vessel or an obstruction...
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  • for the provision of air traffic services. This include jet routes, area navigation routes (RNAV), and arrival and departure route. Routes may be defined...
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  • Sonne (German for "sun") was a radio navigation system developed in Germany during World War II. It was developed from an earlier experimental system known...
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    Polynesian navigation or Polynesian wayfinding was used for thousands of years to enable long voyages across thousands of kilometres of the open Pacific...
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    systems used for navigation of inland water. An Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) is a digital representation of a real-world geographical area for the purpose...
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  • the reference beacon(s). Rho-Theta methodology is a key component in Area Navigation (RNAV). The term "Rho-Theta" consists of the two Greek letters corresponding...
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  • Next Generation Air Transportation System (category Electronic navigation)
    used to meet performance requirements. PBN comprises area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP). With RNAV, equipped aircraft fly...
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    for Area Navigation (PDF) (Technical report). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Sjöberg, L. E. (2006). "Determination of areas on...
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  • The basic principles of air navigation are identical to general navigation, which includes the process of planning, recording, and controlling the movement...
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    The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS; Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; pinyin: běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned...
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    An automotive navigation system is part of the automobile controls or a third party add-on used to find direction in an automobile. It typically uses a...
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    term used in satellite navigation and geomatics engineering to specify the error propagation as a mathematical effect of navigation satellite geometry on...
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  • the flight path depends on the method of navigation (radio navigation aid, dead reckoning or area navigation systems) and on the flight rules (instrument...
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  • Navigational instruments are instruments used by nautical navigators and pilots as tools of their trade. The purpose of navigation is to ascertain the...
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    Submarine navigation underwater requires special skills and technologies not needed by surface ships. The challenges of underwater navigation have become...
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