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Re: Hello from new member
From: George Istok
Date: 2003 Jan 29, 05:40 -0500
From: George Istok
Date: 2003 Jan 29, 05:40 -0500
For what it is worth, it seems that the Coast Guard and the Auxillary no longer have a course in celestial navigation. Granted it is old technology, but someone needs to know how to get home when the GPS quits working. George Istok -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Smith_Peter@EMC.COM Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:22 AM It's clear that traditional surveying and navigation have much in common: trigonometry, interesting instruments, being steamrolled by GPS.
