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Re: The "Death to the Intercept Method" revisited?
From: Jing C
Date: 2017 Sep 4, 19:16 +0000
From: Jing C
Date: 2017 Sep 4, 19:16 +0000
What about movIng the GP of the first body sighted in the direction of course T by distance traveled by the ship? My intuition tells me that is the equivalent of when you move a line of position in a flat plane like with the intercept method, but I have no idea how to mathematically confirm that. Assuming that's correct, I think you can advance the GP by solving for the North Pole-old GP-new GP triangle.
-Jing
