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Re: Looking for references on "aiming off"
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Sep 10, 10:07 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Sep 10, 10:07 -0700
"Aim off" is also known as "single line of position landfall procedure" or simply "landfall procedure." gl On 9/10/2010 6:20 AM, mjans wrote: > > I'm a PhD student and am working on a paper quantifying when and by > how much to aim off. Can anyone point me to any references on the > subject? For instance from [NavList 10886]: > "Noonan could be expected to have known this technique since he knew > Weems and Chichester had popularized in 1931." > > How did they do that? > > Has anyone heard of off-aiming in maritime navigation, perhaps under a > different name? > > Thank you very much. > Tom Temple, > Ph.D Candidate, > Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > > At the moment, my results are still preliminary but I would be happy > to share them with anyone who is interested. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >
