A MARINE ELECTRICAL ANALOG-TYPE DEAD RECKONING COMPUTER

The device described accepts ship's speed from a Harrier electronic log and heading from a Halcyon transmitting compass and continuously displays the north-south and east-west components of the water distance traversed from a starting position. The computer has been designed to operate and to display its output in cartesian coordinates. A description of the device including a schematic diagram is provided. An evaluation is made of its advantages and disadvantages.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Navigation

  Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore
  London SW7,   England 
• Authors:
  • Gatchouse, RNB
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 270-275
• Serial:
  • Journal of Navigation
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISSN: 0373-4633
  • Serial URL: http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/nav

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dead reckoning; Navigation computers
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149613
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Royal Institute of Navigation, England
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM