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Re: Theoretical Question - Height of Eye from Shore
From: Greg R_
Date: 2007 Nov 16, 21:27 -0800
From: Greg R_
Date: 2007 Nov 16, 21:27 -0800
--- Peter Foggwrote: > OK. And if the incoming tide was arriving or departing "*� la > vitesse d'un cheval au galop*" (at the speed of a galloping horse) > as it is said to do at, for example, Mont St Michel, then that would > complicate such calculations even more ... Agreed - in a case like that would we need to use some calculus to determine an instantaneous hight of the eye? GPS is looking better all the time... ;-) -- GregR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---