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The Treatment of Navigational Errors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

E. W. Anderson
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This is a condensed version of a seminal paper which was first published in the Journal in 1952 (Vol. 5, p. 103). It is followed by comments from John Parker. The numbering of the figuresand tables, some of which are omitted, follows that of the original paper.

In recent years, the most striking development in the philosophy of navigation has surely been the change in attitude towards errors. Ten years ago an error was regarded as something that just did not happen in the best navigational circles; today we accept it as the normal concomitant of observation, and we study to reduce it.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , September 1997, pp. 362 - 371
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1997

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