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Re: accuracy of automatic celestial navigation


Subject: Re: accuracy of automatic celestial navigation
From: Jared Sherman (jared.sherman@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 16:59:27 EST


Paul-
 <e. Celestial Navigation. Celestial navigation, as traditionally
practiced, provides an average error in position of 2 nm.>

 You don't know HOW GLAD I am to see that from that source. Here I was, getting 2 to 2.5nm errors on dry land and saying to myself I ought to be able to get closer than that.

 Which opens the other topic...Is that "good enough for government work" or simply as good as it gets?<G>





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