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Re: Pub. 229 vs. 249 table formats
From: Greg R_
Date: 2008 Jun 5, 20:26 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2008 Jun 5, 20:26 -0700
--- "Gary J. LaPook"wrote: > I've asked that same question several times in the past and no one > has an answer. Judging by the similar responses to that question, guess great minds think alike and all that... ;-) > On another releated subject, the online version of H.O 249 still > has the errors that I notified the government of 6 months ago, too > much of a computer problem to correct?. Yeah, I remember reading that post on the list - no response from them? I'd think something like that would be a priority for the next printing revision. -- GregR --- "Gary J. LaPook" wrote: > I've asked that same question several times in the past and no one > has > an answer. > > On another releated subject, the online version of H.O 249 still has > the > errors that I notified the government of 6 months ago, too much of a > computer problem to correct?. > gl > > Greg R. wrote: > > >I asked this question in an earlier reply to Jeremy (Exercise #9 > Star > >Time), but I think it got buried in all the other discussion so I'll > >post it as its own topic to see if anyone on the list has a > definitive > >answer for it: > > > > > > > >>229 is just too slow with multiple LOP's > >> > >> > > > >I've never figured out why 229 is LHA-based (instead of being > >latitude-based as 249 is). Since you're going to use the same > assumed > >latitudes for a fix (or I guess maybe nearby latitudes, if a lot of > >time passes between fixes) why should you have to flip to a > different > >page in the tables for each fix? > > > >Might have something to do with the computer program used to > generate > >the tables, but I'd also assume that the output could be setup in > >whatever format was desired by the end-user. > > > >-- > >GregR > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---