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Navigation by Dead Reckoning and Local Cues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

A. S. Etienne  and
V. Séguinot
A. S. Etienne
Affiliation:
(University of Geneva)
V. Séguinot
Affiliation:
(University of Geneva)
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According to comprehensive theories of navigation, animals navigate by using two complementary strategies: (1) dead reckoning informs the subject in a continuous manner on its actual location with respect to an Earthbound or absolute coordinate system; while (2) long-term associations between particular landmarks and specific locations allow the animal to find its way within a familiar environment. If the subject structures familiar space as a system of interconnected places – the so-called ‘cognitive map’ – it may know through dead reckoning where it is located on its map and relate its route-based expectations to the actually perceived scenario of local cues.

Keywords

1. Animal navigation2. Dead reckoning
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 364 - 370
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1993

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