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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: John Karl
Date: 2010 Dec 8, 14:22 -0800
That darned old cocked hat seem to keep popping up. I’ve given this some thought lately and have computed some examples to investigate questions -- such as where the point of maximum probability is. I’ve thought for a long time, and still do, that this is all perhaps rather interesting academically, but of no practical importance for a navigator who is only interested in the safety of the ship. In that case you’re never sure where you are better than the known random-error distances from each LOP. (Ocean racing or armed combat might have different objectives.)
The linked PDF file gives my results and observations. I’d be glad to run off other examples if anyone is interested.
JK
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