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Re: Nautical Almanac Usage
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 2004 Oct 23, 09:49 -0700
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 2004 Oct 23, 09:49 -0700
Jared Sherman wrote: > > Herb- > Ergh, that we've all got computers and don't want to kill trees?> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Herbert Prinz" > To: > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:23 PM > Subject: Nautical Almanac Usage > > Hello All Stations, > > In a discussion about the role of CN at sea, Ken Gebhart pointed out > that the sales of Almanacs would probably be a good indicator. After a > little survey, I found out that out of over 200 members of the > navigation list, zero members are currently in possession of the > government edition of the Nautical Almanac for the year 2005. What may > we conclude from this data? > > Herbert Prinz Probably Not Much. I usually get my NA from the GPO Bookstore in Los Angeles. I like the Government edition the best. My understanding is that the British Edition is identical to the US edition, expect the price. HMNAO want big bucks or should I say big quid for their version. I have run into some Brits that buy US editions because of the price. There is also a cheaper "Commercial Edition" available, since the NAO's Almanac is for the most part, not copyrighted and is data is made freely available. I haven't gotten the 2005 edition, because I just haven't gotten around to ordering it yet. As for the "Air Almanac", if I was actually going to sea and doing real ( not arm chair ) navigation I would probably get it too. But just for casual use, it is quite expensive, about $65 ( maybe more now ), the last time I checked. -- Gordon -- ,,, (. .) +-------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------------------------+ | Gordon Talge WB6YKK e-mail: gtalge AT pe DOT net | | Department of Mathematics http://www.nlmusd.k12.ca.us | | Norwalk High School Norwalk, CA | | (o- Debian / GNU / Linux | | //\ The Choice of the GNU Generation | | v_/_ .oooO | | - E Aho Laula - ( ) Oooo. - Wider is Better - | +-------------------------\ (---( )-------------------------+ \_) ) / (_/