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Subject: Re: COMPASS ROSE
From: Edgar Kitchin (edk@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Mar 24 2001 - 08:59:15 EST
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From: Martin Ridsdale
To: NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 6:08 AM
Then there is the system that one no longer sees which had the form "N 45 E", "S 20 W" etc. for which I can't see any advantages but presumably they some at sometime.
In reference to that system that I have not cut from my reply, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that plays a roll in celestial navigation calculations, using electronic calculators. That description of direction is used in calculating the quadrant that a bodies azimuth is in, I believe.
Ed Kitchin
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