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Re: Can I Navigate Without an Assumed Position?
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2017 Sep 24, 08:52 -0700

Ron,

Just as an exercise, I used a globe and string to get an AP at 60d N and 115d W.

In three times, using the cosine formula and drawing out the intercepts on graph paper I got:

48d 08.5m N and 123d 26.0m W

Thanks for the fun.

John H.

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