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Re: Dozier Formula, which quadrant
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Nov 21, 8:47 AM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Nov 21, 8:47 AM
Yep, the good old Law of Cosines. I used it for several years. Works fine on board, but requires constant visualization of what direction the body is when sitting at a desk developing nav problems. So I switched to Dozier. Also I less possibility of error when tired and green around the gills. On 20 Nov 2001, at 17:39, nigel_gardner wrote: > Harking back to days before all this electronic jazz. quartz watches, lap tops > and goodness knows what we did not bother in the calculations about working > out Z in 360 but just got the figure out and then expressed it in terms of the > elevated pole and whether the body was East or West of you then say Zn was 234 > and you were in the northern hemisphere and the body was just setting then the > calcs would have given a figure for Z of 126 so it would be written (and > plotted) as N126W. > > > NG. Dan Hogan dhhogan@verionmail.com
