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Excellent ! Looks like we're about through :-)
I didn't know about it.
Appreciatively,
Courtney
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 21:04, John Kabel wrote:
> Just a suggestion. Why not look at the writeup in Wikipedia on celestial
> navigation, and then edit as a group. Anyone can contribute to Wikipedia,
> and get credit for their work. Editing is tracked through userids. I've
> already made small changes to a number of articles, including those on GPS
> and weather.
>
> Go to http://wikipedia.org for starters, search on Celestial Navigation,
> and see if you can improve on what's there. I haven't read the whole
> thing, but I'm sure you, as a group, could mangle it to suit. The nice
> thing about Wikipedia is that one person can change an article, and another
> can come along five minutes later to add more, correct errors, etc.
> Malicious entries are reversed within minutes by the user community.
>
> John Kabel
> London, ON Canada
>
> > Thank you Jim.
> >
> > First, I plan no project of my own, rather was suggesting that the list have
> > a coherent description of the process to provide the uninitiated, which
> > you've already admirably done :-)
> >
> > I'll be in Cape Breton for the summer in a week or two, but
> > unfortunately have so much to accomplish regarding the moving process, I
> > won't be able to sail over to PEI this summer. But certainly plan to do so
> > next summer and hope to call on a stop-over at that time.
> >
> > Incidentally, do you have any feel for residential construction costs in the
> > Nova Scotia area ? We have a house but need a large barn and I'm trying to
> > get a handle on possibilities.
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Courtney
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 15:06, Jim Thompson wrote:
> > > Courtney -- I have been trying something like this (I think) at:
> > > http://jimthompson.net/boating/CelestialNav/CelestNotes/IntroCN.htm
> > > If any of that is useful to your project, then let me know.
> > >
> > > Jim Thompson
> > > jim3 at jimthompson dot net
> > > www.jimthompson.net
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Courtney Thomas
> > > > As one who has struggled with a plethora of publications that purport to
> > > > convey the celnav gospel, I'd like to suggest a group project of
> > > > composing a "minimal" narrative of the essentials of celestial
> > > > navigation that would at least do the following, though additions are
> > > > welcomed as the group sees fit, of course, as I'm sure I'm not even
> > > > sufficiently proficient to provide a satisfactory outline, and therefore
> > > > only hope to induce the competent to collaborate:
> > > >
> > > > Also assuming Godelian proficiency unnecessary :-) and hoping an
> > > > included bibliography will gratify those whose requirements are
> > > > unsatisfied by the final group consensus, as well as those merely more
> > > > curious, I submit the following as starting suggestions:
> > > >
> > > > 1-a summary narrative - to fully setout a statement of the problem and
> > > > it's currently regarded state of the art solution, omitting all math and
> > > > drawings. This might, for example, omit considerations such as sextants
> > > > and their use, historical considerations, etc., i.e. adhere only to a
> > > > conceptual basis, ignoring the procedural, hence avoiding the conflation
> > > > and inflation of other authors.
> > > >
> > > > 2-definitions - only that necessary to familiarize a novice
> > > > with the terminology
> > > >
> > > > 3-math & science axioms & drawings - the plane geometry, trigonometry,
> > > > astronomy, physics, etc. deemed indispensible, with a suitable
> > > > bibliography
> > > >
> > > > 4-a summary outline - sort of a table of contents writ large, setting
> > > > out a celnav process
> > > >
> > > > 5-for each section in #4, a brief narrative of motivation to textually
> > > > succeed each topic - [To maintain reader clarity, for example, for a
> > > > section on, say, the intercept method, to describe HOW it fits into the
> > > > overall scheme and WHY it is valid.]
> > > >
> > > > 6-a summary with example(s) - a final assembly... embodying the initial
> > > > summary, described in #1, but utilizing the actual nuts&bolts contained
> > > > in #s 2 & 3, with nothing more included
> > > >
> > > > [Goal Statement: to layout a minimal, though complete, celnav procedure
> > > > for a novice without omitting unity, while avoiding concision that
> > > > leaves confusion and wonderment.]
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Please leave me out of any debate on the desirability and feasibility.
> > > > If you think it undesirable or infeasible, ignore this suggestion, else
> > > > I thank you for your contribution to it's realization, as will all those
> > > > who follow.
> > > >
> > > > Courtney Thomas
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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