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Re: DR plotting techniques
From: Stacy Hanna
Date: 2003 Oct 18, 05:54 -0400
From: Stacy Hanna
Date: 2003 Oct 18, 05:54 -0400
I guess my situation is a little different because I have quite a few more charts than 80 to take care of. Standard practice in the Navy is to have a ready list of charts that might be needed at any time that are always kept corrected to the most recent information and the other charts are only corrected when you know that he planned voyage will require their use. (Why correct charts for the Persian Gulf if I know my deployment is going to be to Central America to chase down drug boats?) On a weekly basis I can go to the website and download the corrections on my CO's ready list (entering all the charts at once separating the numbers by a comma, if you are going to be using the same charts all the time you can save the numbers in a document that you cut and paste to enter in the websites query window) and keep them corrected and then once a voyage is scheduled and I start planning I can go in and get the corrections for any additional charts that I am going to use. -----Original Message----- From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Rodney Myrvaagnes Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 01:08 To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: DR plotting techniques On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:19:43 -0400, Stacy Hanna wrote: >Actually getting the corrections off of the web is easier than ever. For >US notice to mariners the website is Stacy, If you think that is "easier than ever" you never used the ANMS system in the 1980s. The web site requires human interaction all the way through the process AFIK. If you know a way to automate it I will be forever grateful. Thanks Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Opinionated old geezer Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.