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Re: Consistency v Accuracy in celestial navigation
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Dec 30, 17:35 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Dec 30, 17:35 -0500
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:15:13 -0500, John Kabel wrote:
>
>In a nutshell, three terms have been reduced to two, which makes for better
>understanding. I run into this all the time while teaching GPS. GPS is
>relatively more accurate than LORAN-C, but its precision is far worse,
>LORAN being a fixed system while GPS is dynamic.
>
SInce SA was turned off, my consumer-grade GPS receivers have absolute
accuracy exceeding the precision of Loran C. I know this is off-topic,
but I want to correct a misperception, perhaps based on SA behavior.
Rodney Myrvaagnes
Opinionated old geezer
"It is, of course, quite true that no great amount of skill is required to
navigate a ship most of the time, and
on those less frequent occasions when a higher level of competence is
desirable luck may suffice. If that runs out there is always insurance..."
__The late Captain Richard Cahill
