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Re: Averaging lunars: was Lunars with SNO-T
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 1, 10:07 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 1, 10:07 -0500
Dear Herbert, I was referring to these statements from your message of Sat Oct 09 2004 - 19:18:32 EDT "A position error of 1.5 nm due to naive "averaging of altitudes over 5 minutes would not be atypical." and especially this: "Discussions of "various algorithms can be found in "several articles in the Journal of "Navigation. Alex. On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Herbert Prinz wrote: > I never gave or even > hinted at a reference to literature where the problem of averaging > observed altitudes has been investigated mathematically. > ....... > If I have overlooked or forgotten something else > I said and that needs > clarification, I am sorry and please do ask again. > > Herbert Prinz
