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Re: from a watcher
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2002 Oct 18, 09:51 -0400
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2002 Oct 18, 09:51 -0400
Robert Enowrote: > I do not recommend relying on the sight reduction tables in the > Nautical Almanac. They are, in a word, difficult. I know because I > tried and every time I thought that I had it aced, I'd end up making > some really silly mistake. The tables are just too complex and require > too many steps which opens one up to all kinds of errors. That was my conclusion when I tried those tables the first few times. In the end I decided that they were in need of a form. I did a crude one and got my error rate down quite a bit. It needs a bit more work but if I find a few more round tuits I'll polish it up and publish it here. -- Mike Wescott Wescott_Mike@EMC.COM