Next message: Henry C. Halboth: "Re: suggestion for a satisfactory celnav narrative"
> From: Fred Hebard
> Peter,
>
> In pseudocode, or pseudomath, I was wondering about d(alt)/d(az) for
> various spots and times on the earth, and wondering whether the slope
> is appropriate for the limited precision of azimuth determinations.
> Using only altitude, as you propose, it seems that the problem is
> underdetermined: trying to fit more variables than are observed. Here
> you are proposing using d(alt)/d(DR,t) to find DR. However, as I said,
> I haven't worked this out and am proceeding on a very rough, very
> ill-honed intuition.
>
> fred
Fred
Give it a go. Summer is heading your way. Let us know how it works out.
Peter
