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Re: Navigation in Fog
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2007 Feb 20, 09:07 +0100
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2007 Feb 20, 09:07 +0100
Thanks Gary and Frank, very useful links. Calibration down to one degree sounds good enough to me for navigational purposes (plenty gyro compasses do not achieve this, you will need a fibre-optic one for better results). The Shetland Islands (due west from Bergen) were frequented by the Vikings in the past, which takes two days sailing. I always wondered how they managed to sail due west for two days to get there. The Sun-Stone can very well explain how they did this. Nicol�s glapook@PACBELL.NET wrote: >Try these links. > >http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF8/865.html >http://www.navigationfoundation.org/AdmDavies.htm >http://www.polarization.com/compass/compass.html >http://www.polarization.com/viking/viking.html > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
