In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be steered. The course is to be distinguished...
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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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In navigation, bearing or azimuth is the horizontal angle between the direction of an object and north or another object. The angle value can be specified...
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Great-circle navigation or orthodromic navigation (related to orthodromic course; from Ancient Greek ορθός (orthós) 'right angle' and δρόμος (drómos) 'path')...
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Look up course, 'course, or courses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Course may refer to: Course (navigation), the path of travel Course (orienteering)...
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A course deviation indicator (CDI) is an avionics instrument used in aircraft navigation to determine an aircraft's lateral position in relation to a course...
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segment where an aircraft can be assured of receiving signals from off-course navigation aids like VOR that define a fix. An MRA is determined by FAA flight...
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Proportional navigation (also known as PN or Pro-Nav) is a guidance law (analogous to proportional control) used in some form or another by most homing...
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Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator...
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also refer to: Bicycle path Bridle path, used by people on horseback Course (navigation), the intended path of a vehicle Desire path, created by human or...
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The most common use of the TVMDC method is deriving compass courses during nautical navigation from maps. The inverse correction from compass heading to...
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Dead reckoning (category Navigation)
In navigation, dead reckoning is the process of calculating the current position of a moving object by using a previously determined position, or fix,...
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Low-frequency radio range (redirect from Cone of silence (navigation))
the four-course radio range, LF/MF four-course radio range, A-N radio range, Adcock radio range, or commonly "the range", was the main navigation system...
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Rhumb line (category Navigation)
constant azimuth (bearing as measured relative to true north). Navigation on a fixed course (i.e., steering the vessel to follow a constant cardinal direction)...
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Look up navigation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Navigation is the theory and practice of navigating, especially the charting of a course for a ship...
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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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Azimuth (category Navigation)
Azimuthal equidistant projection Azimuth recording Bearing (navigation) Clock position Course (navigation) Inclination Longitude Latitude Magnetic declination...
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the course within the 4-hour time frame. Examples of events include rappelling, building and crossing a one-rope bridge, obstacle course navigation, combat...
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according to the Mercator projection, a loxodromic course appears as a straight line. Great circle navigation Windrose network Map Portolan map Marine sandglass...
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2015-08-15. Pratt, Jeremy M. (2003) [1996]. The Private Pilot's Licence Course: Navigation, Meteorology (3rd ed.). met22 – met23. ISBN 1-874783-18-7. AGL in...
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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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River Great Ouse (redirect from Ouse Navigation Act 1790)
important both for drainage and for navigation for centuries, and these dual roles have not always been complementary. The course of the river has changed significantly...
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the concept of "off-course navigation" (steering to one side so you know which way the error is) is probably as old as navigation, Chichester was the...
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The Mersey and Irwell Navigation was a river navigation in North West England, which provided a navigable route from the Mersey estuary to Salford and...
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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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competition for the course. Students have the opportunity to retake written exams, the 12 mile road march, and the land navigation course, and successful...
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Organization (IMO) and set out, among other things, the "rules of the road" or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions...
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Piloting (redirect from Directing (navigation))
Divers use related techniques for underwater navigation. Depending on whether one is navigating on a water course, in the air or on land, a different chart...
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Points of the compass (category Navigational equipment)
horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal...
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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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