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Re: Consistency v Accuracy in celestial navigation
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Dec 30, 17:35 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Dec 30, 17:35 -0500
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:15:13 -0500, John Kabel wrote: > >In a nutshell, three terms have been reduced to two, which makes for better >understanding. I run into this all the time while teaching GPS. GPS is >relatively more accurate than LORAN-C, but its precision is far worse, >LORAN being a fixed system while GPS is dynamic. > SInce SA was turned off, my consumer-grade GPS receivers have absolute accuracy exceeding the precision of Loran C. I know this is off-topic, but I want to correct a misperception, perhaps based on SA behavior. Rodney Myrvaagnes Opinionated old geezer "It is, of course, quite true that no great amount of skill is required to navigate a ship most of the time, and on those less frequent occasions when a higher level of competence is desirable luck may suffice. If that runs out there is always insurance..." __The late Captain Richard Cahill