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What is the system of navigation in which a navigator finds a position by measuring the distance of a course sailed from some other known point to that position?
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Triangulation.
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What is a system of navigation in which finds position by measuring the course and distance sailed from some known point?
Triangulation.
What is a system of navigation in which a navigator finds position?
Triangulation.
What does the navigator do on ships?
A navigator is the person who is responsible for position tracking and navigation of a map in a traveling party.
What is the science of getting ships from place place including the determining of position course and distance traveled?
Marine navigation.
What skills does a navigator need?
A navigator most needs to be observant, as it their primary job to know the location of the boat/aircraft's position at all times. A navigator should know how to maintain the navigation equipment. If you are wishing to become a navigator, it would also be helpful to learn how to read maps.
What is an area navigation?
An aircraft navigation system in which radial and distance information from a Vortac station or distance information from two or more Vortacs is used to fix aircraft position, so that navigation is not restricted to airways or direct routes between stations.
How do you use sextant in a sentence?
A sextant is a navigational instrument that sights upon the stars to determine a ship's position. This instrument was crucial to naval navigation until global positioning became a reality in the late 20th century. "Henry the Navigator prized his sextant while on his journeys to the New World." "The ship's position is determined by the use of the ship's navigator using a sextant."
What are magnetic compasses?
It is the oldest instrument for navigation and has been a vital tool for navigators at sea for centuries. The compass allows ships to steer a selected course. By taking bearings of visible objects with a compass, the navigator is also able to fix a ship's position on a chart.
A person who finds the position and plots the course of a ship an aircraft?
Navigator
What system of navigation in which a navigator finds positions of measure would christopher columbus use?
Celestial navigation or the use of the sun, the moon and stars."Celestial navigation is the use of angular measurements (sights) between celestial bodies and the visible horizon to locate one's position on the globe, on land as well as at sea. At a given time, any celestial body is located directly over one point on the Earth's surface. The latitude and longitude of that point is known as the celestial body's geographic position (GP), the location of which can be determined from tables in the Nautical or Air Almanac for that year."
What is the science of art of determining the position of a ship or plane?
Navigation
The distance between the final position and the starting position is the?
The distance between the final position and the starting position is the
