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Precomputed Altitudes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Extract

P. F. Everitt (Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 49) has discussed the problem of precomputing sights but gives the impression that the A.N.T.s cannot be used for this purpose; this is not the case, provided of course that the accuracy of 1 or 2 miles obtainable from A.N.T.s is acceptable. My experience of the method described below is confined to marine use with Hughes' Tables, but the same limitation of being confined to integral degrees of latitude and hour angle applies, so the method is clearly applicable in the air. Provided that the observation is actually obtained, the extra work involved in computing the sight in advance is trifling, and there are often appreciable advantages.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1949

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