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Re: LOP Quality
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2010 Dec 16, 08:46 -0800
From: Brendan Kinch <Kinch@Telefonica.net>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 12:47:16 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: LOP Quality
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From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2010 Dec 16, 08:46 -0800
People who build these wonderful navigation tools probably care more about the accuracy of their math than the quality of horizon under Polaris.
Peter Hakel
Peter Hakel
From: Brendan Kinch <Kinch@Telefonica.net>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 12:47:16 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: LOP Quality
[parts deleted by PH]
As you sit now with ECDIS by your side – just consider how fabulous the information is to hand – especially if you have RADAR & AIS all connected in as with the most modern ones I have seen. (I still work on board various vessels – but not as ship’s crew). I read now that in the future, satellite map features will also be integrated – i.e. you will see something like a Google Earth underlay and the radar returns of the coast fitting in with the map features. I guess in the early models you may have to align the two – but I am sure even that will become automated in time.
