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Re: On the Mischief of Geographical Position.
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Jan 24, 8:12 PM
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Jan 24, 8:12 PM
None of this discussion is of any practical significance, as Rick Emerson pointed out. It is just about understanding what a sextant measures. On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:12:02 -0500, Michael Wescott wrote: >> In other words, two or more places could be "exactly that place >> where it is measured." Not very comforting. > >Not very disturbing either. It's of no practical significance. >Errors for any astro technique will be greater than the distance >between two such points. > > Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a