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Re: What precision is required in cel nav?
From: John Brown
Date: 2015 Jul 22, 10:05 -0700
From: John Brown
Date: 2015 Jul 22, 10:05 -0700
The point I was making was that while one may not think that great precision in positional knowledge is needed in the middle of the ocean, where one is a thousand miles from one's final destination, one may find that there is indeed one situation where one suddenly needs to know one's latitude and longitude very precisely so that one may be rescued without a prolonged search for one!
Ah, but Geoffrey, one is not going to wait around to be rescued, is one?. That would mean never opening the ditchbag and not getting to use the carefully assembled emergency nav kit!
Cheers
John
