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    Re: Pub. 229 vs. 249 table formats
    From: Greg R_
    Date: 2008 Jun 5, 20:26 -0700

    --- "Gary J. LaPook"  wrote:
    
    > I've asked that same question several times in the past and no one
    > has an answer.
    
    Judging by the similar responses to that question, guess great minds
    think alike and all that...  ;-)
    
    > On another releated subject, the online version of H.O 249 still
    > has the errors that I notified the government of 6 months ago, too
    > much of a computer problem to correct?.
    
    Yeah, I remember reading that post on the list - no response from them?
    I'd think something like that would be a priority for the next printing
    revision.
    
    --
    GregR
    
    
    
    
    --- "Gary J. LaPook"  wrote:
    
    > I've asked that same question several times in the past and no one
    > has
    > an answer.
    >
    > On another releated subject, the online version of H.O 249 still has
    > the
    > errors that I notified the government of 6 months ago, too much of a
    > computer problem to correct?.
    > gl
    >
    > Greg R. wrote:
    >
    > >I asked this question in an earlier reply to Jeremy (Exercise #9
    > Star
    > >Time), but I think it got buried in all the other discussion so I'll
    > >post it as its own topic to see if anyone on the list has a
    > definitive
    > >answer for it:
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >>229 is just too slow with multiple LOP's
    > >>
    > >>
    > >
    > >I've never figured out why 229 is LHA-based (instead of being
    > >latitude-based as 249 is). Since you're going to use the same
    > assumed
    > >latitudes for a fix (or I guess maybe nearby latitudes, if a lot of
    > >time passes between fixes) why should you have to flip to a
    > different
    > >page in the tables for each fix?
    > >
    > >Might have something to do with the computer program used to
    > generate
    > >the tables, but I'd also assume that the output could be setup in
    > >whatever format was desired by the end-user.
    > >
    > >--
    > >GregR
    > >
    > >>
    > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    >
    > >
    >
    
    
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