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H.O. 211
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 1999 Mar 02, 5:37 PM
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 1999 Mar 02, 5:37 PM
In reference to H.O. 211. Any method, regardless of the Ho - Hc intercept you come up with, using either your DR or an AP should give you the same line of position. H.O. 211 is refered to as a "short method" not because the method is shorter, but the tables are shorter. H.O. 211 is just a slim volume, where as H.O. 214 is takes 9 rather large volumes to cover the globe. I have heard people say that a method that uses DR instead of AP is more accurate. This is not true. The reason for the AP is so that you can have "Tables of Computed Altitude and Az" such as H.O. 249, 229, and 214, rather than computing the Hc and Az yourself. -- Gordon ,,, (. .) +-----------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo----------------------+ | Gordon Talge WB6YKK e-mail: gtalge@pe.net | | Department of Mathematics QTH: Loma Linda, CA | | Notre Dame High School Lat. N 34� 03.1' | | Riverside, CA 92506 Long. W 117� 15.2' | | http://www.pe.net/ND | +--------------------------------------------------------+ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-=-= navigation =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-