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Re: The Accuracy of Astronomical Observations at Sea
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2013 Mar 22, 12:03 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2013 Mar 22, 12:03 -0400
Thank you Andres, that made for some interesting reading. It would be interesting to repeat this study now with GPS as the standard of knowing the ships position.
For those looking for a systematic analysis of the uncertainty of observations, rather than a statistical analysis of observations, the document is already in our archives
http://fer3.com/arc/imgx/ACPN_s.pdf
On Mar 22, 2013 11:31 AM, "Andrés Ruiz" <navigationalalgorithms@gmail.com> wrote:
FYI--
Andrés Ruiz
Navigational Algorithms
http://sites.google.com/site/navigationalalgorithms/Attached File: 123034.100301 - the accuracy of astronomical observations at sea.pdf (no preview available)
