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Re: DR plotting techniques
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2003 Oct 17, 06:17 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2003 Oct 17, 06:17 -0700
On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 12:42 AM, Axel Vis wrote: > I have a chart table I can stand at with two GPS, Radar and paper chart > having discarded electronic charts (I write software for a living and I > just don't trust them). That reminds me of a lady I know who owns a chain of restaurants. She never eats out at other people's restaurants because she knows how dirty they can get! I too write software for a living, but I trust electronic charts, at least as much as I trust paper charts. Both can have errors, but with more emphasis being put on the use of electronic charts, over time ELECTRONIC charts are going to be the ones to trust, as they will have more scrutiny and more users making sure that they are accurate and match reality. Of course the difference may be less if the source of the electronic charts and paper charts is a single common electronic source (which I think is the way things are moving as well). Just my two cents worth... Dan Allen Navigate | Calculate | Communicate
