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Re : The answer...
From: Fabrice Magnan de Bornier
Date: 1998 Sep 29, 10:15 EDT
From: Fabrice Magnan de Bornier
Date: 1998 Sep 29, 10:15 EDT
I don't get joe'spoint about noon sun shots. My understanding is that, as far as latitude is concerned, the when is irrelevant, only the height matters and the slower it changes the better your accuracy is. And although I know this is real heresy, I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Newport to Saint Malo via the A?ores (or whatever you call these islands in english) on a small yacht using only noon sun shots to determine both latitude and longitude, and managed to land securely (the accuracy on longitude was lousy, but still good enough to know when you have to be careful). So I think the method is great and, yes, very simple (but maybe, in these GPS days, simplicity is not anymore the best reason for using astronomical navigation). Regards, Fabrice Magnan de Bornier Netincelle - 6 chemin de l'Or?e - 77920 Samois sur Seine - France Tel : 01 64 24 67 93 Fax : 01 64 24 82 80 http://www.netincelle.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=