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Re: St Hilaire not Iterative
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Dec 23, 20:43 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Dec 23, 20:43 -0800
Right, that PLOP is exact, but if the two straight line approximations of the LOPs cross at great distance from the two PLOPs then the intersection doesn't accurately mark the fix so another iteration should be done which will result with an intersection much closer to the PLOPs.
gl
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