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Hi Tony,

I downloaded "Bowditch" from the internet, but somehow I missed the
"execute" file, or whatever you call it, because I have to open each chapter
individually.  Very cumbersome.  Do you know the right way to do it  so you
can open the whole book?

Thanks,

David Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Cappiello" 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:07 PM
Subject: DIY plotting charts


> Murry
>
> Bowditch's "The American Practical Navigator" is available online at the
following website . You can download the entire document at once or a
chapter at a time. This should get you started without spending any $. This
is the reference or at least one of the references you should have. It
contains a wealth of information. There are several other documents at this
site which may be of interest to you as well.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/
>
>
> Tony Cappiello
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Navigation Mailing List
> [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Murray Campbell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 17:30
> To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
> Subject: DIY plotting charts
>
>
>  the books i'm trying to learn from mention that it is
> possible to make your own plotting charts on graph or
> blank paper, but they don't give any more info...
>
>  it seems like i will need to create a map projection
> for the needed lattitude...i'm not sure how i go about
> scaling lattitude to longitude at different
> lattitudes...is there a formula that does this??
>
>  (i would rather not be dependent on buying and
> stowing a bunch of plotting charts)
>
>  thanks, m

   

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