Welcome to the NavList Message Boards.

NavList:

A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding

Compose Your Message

Message:αβγ
Message:abc
Add Images & Files
    Name or NavList Code:
    Email:
       
    Reply
    Re: The expression "terrestrial navigation"
    From: Don Seltzer
    Date: 2017 Feb 18, 09:23 -0500
    The earliest use that I have found is 1831, by Sir Walter Scott in his novel Castle Dangerous, though the usage seems metaphorical.

    Don Seltzer

    On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Frank Reed <NoReply_FrankReed@fer3.com> wrote:

    I encountered this phrase recently. Terrestrial navigation to me sounds like navigation over land, but it turns out that people have been using it for years for coastal piloting. In fact, it seems that in some circles this expression has replaced piloting. Any of you all have experience with this? When did you first hear the phrase? Does it apply in limited areas, limited cultures of navigation? I have found references to it in course books from maritime schools starting in the 1970s, but it's new to me. Did it begin in the halls of maritime academia? Has it filtered out to practical navigation? I note that a Google search for the phrase "terrestrial navigation" yields a rather narrow set of hits, and tellingly there is no Wikipedia article for this specific topic, where the traditional term "piloting" is preferred. Is it just fashion? Is the phrase "terrestrial navigation" for piloting another oddity from the USCG?

    Frank Reed
    ReedNavigation.com
    Conanicut Island


       
    Reply
    Browse Files

    Drop Files

    NavList

    What is NavList?

    Get a NavList ID Code

    Name:
    (please, no nicknames or handles)
    Email:
    Do you want to receive all group messages by email?
    Yes No

    A NavList ID Code guarantees your identity in NavList posts and allows faster posting of messages.

    Retrieve a NavList ID Code

    Enter the email address associated with your NavList messages. Your NavList code will be emailed to you immediately.
    Email:

    Email Settings

    NavList ID Code:

    Custom Index

    Subject:
    Author:
    Start date: (yyyymm dd)
    End date: (yyyymm dd)

    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site