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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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  • Navigation is an open access academic journal about navigation published by the Institute of Navigation in cooperation with HighWire Press. Its editor-in-chief...
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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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    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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    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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  • A navigation system is a computing system that aids in navigation. Navigation systems may be entirely on board the vehicle or vessel that the system is...
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  • The Navigation Acts, or more broadly the Acts of Trade and Navigation, were a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English...
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  • Freedom of navigation (FON) is a principle of law of the sea that ships flying the flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other...
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  • or spaceship. Navigation may also refer to: Marine navigation Land navigation Air navigation Ship transport in general Web navigation, browsing and locating...
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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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    Inland navigation, inland barge transport or inland waterway transport (IWT) is a transport system allowing ships and barges to use inland waterways (such...
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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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    Radio navigation or radionavigation is the application of radio frequencies to determine a position of an object on the Earth, either the vessel or an...
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  • Autonomous navigation could refer to : Autonomous aircraft autonomous navigation for spacecraft, e.g. the Autonav on Deep Space 1 autonomous navigation of robots...
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    A navigational aid (NAVAID), also known as aid to navigation (ATON), is any sort of signal, markers or guidance equipment which aids the traveler in navigation...
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    The Bureau of Navigation, later the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection and finally the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation — not to be...
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    breadcrumb or breadcrumb trail is a graphical control element used as a navigational aid in user interfaces and on web pages. It allows users to keep track...
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    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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  • In computing, spatial navigation is the ability to navigate between focusable elements, such as hyperlinks and form controls, within a structured document...
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  • A navigation bar (or navigation system) is a section of a graphical user interface intended to aid visitors in accessing information. Navigation bars are...
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    An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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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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    radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite...
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  • In computing, caret navigation (or caret browsing) is a kind of keyboard navigation where a caret (also known as a ‘text cursor’, ‘text insertion cursor’...
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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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  • aviation, lateral navigation (LNAV, usually pronounced el-nav) is azimuth navigation, without vertical navigation (VNAV). Area navigation (RNAV) approach...
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  • The head of navigation is the farthest point above the mouth of a river that can be navigated by ships. Determining the head of navigation can be subjective...
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    Land navigation is the discipline of following a route through unfamiliar terrain on foot or by vehicle, using maps with reference to terrain, a compass...
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  • Communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) are the main functions that form the infrastructure for air traffic management, and ensure that air traffic...
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  • overview of the skill of navigation and try to identify the basic blocks of a robot navigation system, types of navigation systems, and closer look at...
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