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Re: Latitude by law of cosines
From: Chris Caswell
Date: 2018 Jan 16, 14:20 -0800
From: Chris Caswell
Date: 2018 Jan 16, 14:20 -0800
Frank,
Thank you for your reply. I was exploring it for a thought experiment of being "dropped" somewhere in the world could I find out where I was and what I would need. It seems I would need a sextant, watch set to correct GMT, Pub 229, Nautical Almanac, and a scientific calculator or slide rule, if I wished to not use any electronics. I realize the slide rule, with only 3 decimal places, would be less accurate.
Chris in VT
