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Re: Emergency Navigation Was: Black boxes in navigation Now:
From: G Becker
Date: 2012 Jul 13, 07:26 -0700
From: G Becker
Date: 2012 Jul 13, 07:26 -0700
Hi Gary
hahaha! Correct,
Now, would you care to narrow it down? What methodologies would you use?
Brad
For a rough latitude, with no instruments.... In the northern hemisphere, use a stick and the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the angle of Polaris. The angle to Polaris is roughly your latitude. I'm not sure on longitude, but you can find your local time with the same stick.
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