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Re: Definition of estimated position?
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Sep 26, 16:35 -0300
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Sep 26, 16:35 -0300
> -----Original Message----- > From: Navigation Mailing List on Behalf Of Russell Sher > A navigational problem in the Jan/Febr. 2004 edition of Ocean > Navigator Magazine (#135) posed a question which involved a > navigator shooting the sun to obtain an LOP. Since there is only > one LOP there is therefore no fix, but the one of questions asked > is ?What is the Estimated Position?? I imagine that it is the > position plotted on the LOP as being the closest from the DR. > Does anyone agree? That is how it is taught in the Power and Sail Squadrons' CN course -- the point on the LOP perpendicular from the LOP to the DR position. http://jimthompson.net/boating/CelestialNav/CelestNotes/Plotting.htm Jim Thompson
