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Re: Compass Rose
From: Ed Kitchin
Date: 2001 Mar 24, 08:59 EST
From: Ed Kitchin
Date: 2001 Mar 24, 08:59 EST
----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Ridsdale To: NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 6:08 AM Then there is the system that one no longer sees which had the form "N 45 E", "S 20 W" etc. for which I can't see any advantages but presumably they some at sometime. In reference to that system that I have not cut from my reply, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that plays a roll in celestial navigation calculations, using electronic calculators. That description of direction is used in calculating the quadrant that a bodies azimuth is in, I believe. Ed Kitchin
