Navigation and Shape of the Earth
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What you’ll learn
Table of content
- Navigation and Shape of the Earth
- Navigation
- Types of Navigation
- Coastal navigation
- Offshore navigation
- Importance of studying coastal navigation
- The true shape of the earth
- Definitions
- Earth’s Axis
- North and south poles
- Great Circle
- Small Circle
- East and West
- The Equator
- Meridians
- Earth coordinates
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Parallel of latitude
- Difference of latitude (d.lat.)
- Difference of longitude (d.long.)
- How to use the calculator to find d.lat. and d.long
- How to find the coordinates of the arrival position
- Units of measurement
- The sea mile
- The length of the sea mile
- Cable
- The international nautical mile
- The knot
- The geographical mile:
- The statute mile
- The sea mile
- Linear measurement of latitude
- The linear measurement of longitude
- Rhumb line
- Departure
- Directions on the Earth and Compasses
- Direction
- Course
- Course line
- Heading
- Bearing
- Relative bearing
- Compasses
- Magnetic Compass
- Magnetic Principles
- Terrestrial Magnetism
- Magnetic Meridian
- Variation
- Secular Change
- Change in variation
- Deviation
- Deviation Table
- Compass Error
- Gyro Compass
- Advantages
- Limitations
- Determining the gyro error
- Magnetic Compass
- Direction
- Chart Projection
- Introduction
- The desirable properties of preferable projection
- The requirements of a chart appropriate for marine navigation
- Position Lines
- Introduction
- Straight position line
- True bearing
- Gyro bearing
- Gyro error
- Compass bearing
- Variation
- Deviation
- Total compass error
- Transit bearing
- Deviation from transit bearing
- Relative bearing
- Beam bearing
- Circular position lines (Distance)
- Direct distance
- Indirect distance
- Distance by Vertical Sextant Angle
- Lighthouse first appear or disappear
Requirements
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Good internet connection and laptop or PC or phone .
- you can watch this lecture 2 times so please pay attention .
- you can`t download the lecture .
- maybe you will have QUIZ after this lecture so you have to get 80% to complete to other lectures
this course is full of opportunities to apply your knowledge:
related for students study basic study
Who this course is for:
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for students study the basic study of maritime college
- for OOW have exam
- for OOW work on board
Course Features
- Lectures 14
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 14 hours
- Skill level basic
- Language English
- Students 223
- Assessments Yes