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Peter,
Are previous almanacs available online now?
Robert Gainer

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> From: Peter Fogg 
> Date: 2006/05/19 Fri PM 05:12:13 EDT
> To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
> Subject: Re: Silicon Sea
>
> > Renee wrote:
> > I hadn't even considered bringing the problems up to 2007.
>
> Anyone actually practising nav, or learning, can be expected to have access
> to almanac data for the current year. While data for other periods is
> certainly available, accessing it steepens that learning curve, already
> steep enough, unnecessarily. Are you familiar with the nav problems included
> in each issue of 'Ocean Navigator'? They are based on the format of a
> nautical tale that may go back a century or more but the problem is always
> posed so current year almanac data can be used for resolution.
>
> > I think that, with suitable almanac extracts...
> We'd need to be careful about copyright. One idea is to present a page from,
> say, the nautical almanac with relevant data circled, as an example of how
> to extract info needed. Getting permission for that should be feasible, and
> in any case that sort of quoting is specifically allowed for. We could
> certainly supply the needed data as well for each problem, as well as
> suggestions for alternative ways to access almanac information (eg; online).
>
> > I know creating the problems was a big project, and I assume that redoing
> > them all would be another big project.
>
> Big enough, yes, but should be doable one leg at a time, which is how they
> were created. Its going to be quite a learning experience for us as well.
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