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Author : Jack Case
Release : 2001
Genre : Navigation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 102/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Understanding Astro Navigation by : Jack Case
Download or read book Understanding Astro Navigation written by Jack Case. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Case
Release : 2011-11
Genre : Nautical astronomy
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 122/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Astro Navigation Demystified by : Jack Case
Download or read book Astro Navigation Demystified written by Jack Case. This book was released on 2011-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in plain language, 'Astro Navigation Demystified' aims to make the art of astro navigation easy and enjoyable to learn.
Author : Tristan Gooley
Release : 2012-06-05
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 550/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Natural Navigator by : Tristan Gooley
Download or read book The Natural Navigator written by Tristan Gooley. This book was released on 2012-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.
Author : K.A. Zischka
Release : 2017-05-30
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 946/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Astronavigation by : K.A. Zischka
Download or read book Astronavigation written by K.A. Zischka. This book was released on 2017-05-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book acts as a manual for the ancient methods of navigating by the stars, which continue to provide the sailor or pilot with a timeless means of determining location. Despite the prevalence of GPS, a comprehensive set of formulae that can be evaluated on any inexpensive scientific calculator in the event of a catastrophic software or systems failure is a vital failsafe. It also serves as a living link to centuries of explorers from centuries past. Beginning with the basics of positional astronomy, this guide moves on to the more complex math necessary to understand the ephemerides, tables showing the future positions of the stars and planets. These astronomical almanacs were the satellite navigation of their day. The objective of this book is twofold: to provide the reader with a concise, comprehensible manual on positional astronomy as it applies to astro-navigation and to furnish the concise algorithms for finding the position of the Sun and various navigational stars at any given instant. In a world where too many mariners and aeronauts rely solely on technology and are vulnerable to solar flares, electrical issues, and the like, this knowledge can be a life-saving backup, not to mention a fascinating study in its own rights. Included is an exact mathematical way to determine your position in the air or on the sea far more quickly and accurately than by using the old celestial navigational method, without even needing to know or understand the underlying mathematics. There is even a section that teaches how to measure the azimuth of a star using an analog wrist watch so if a sextant gets damaged, locating position is still possible. This book offers mathematicians and adventurers a way to determine position when the skies go dark. The U.S. Navy has recently realized that their electronic navigation systems are vulnerable to cyberattack, and as a result has instructed the Naval Academy to begin teaching celestial navigation again.
Author : P. V. H. Weems
Release : 2011-06-01
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 653/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Simplified Celestial Navigation by : P. V. H. Weems
Download or read book Simplified Celestial Navigation written by P. V. H. Weems. This book was released on 2011-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
