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Subject: Re: QE2 grounding (was: Mercator vs. Great Circle)
From: Richard B. Emerson (navsys@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 10:08:30 EDT
DOH!!! Of course!!
The 2101-D is a challenge, isn't it? I've tried plotting planets with
it but still haven't sorted that out yet. If anyone has a good
procedure for doing that, I'd like to see it.
Rick
S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
Dale Tilson writes:
[...]
> "Commissioned in 1967, RUDE is one of NOAA's
> smallest ships. The ship is named after Captain
> Gilbert T. Rude (pronounced 'roo-dee') of the former
> Coast and Geodetic Survey, who developed the
> Rude Star Finder, a navigational device used for
> locating celestial bodies. "
>
> from: http://www.omao.noaa.gov/platforms/aug99rude.html
>
> Of course, I still haven't >mastered< the 2101-D, but I'm workin' on it.
>
> Dale
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