Earth Sciences: Geomatics: Navigation

Annotated hub site of resources relating to navigating by the stars, including theory, practice, history, instruments, and classroom links.

About the London based organization. Membership information. Online newsletter and briefings. Mailing list. Search the organizations library or journals. Competitions and events schedule.

News, updates and advisories. Links to local US Coast Guards sites. Downloadable publications.

About the organization. Membership information. Meeting programs. Discussion forum.

Meeting programs with abstracts. Award winners and nomination forms. Membership information. Online version of the quarterly newsletter. Index of the organization's annual journal.

Describes the activities and research of the Navigation Research Office at the European Space Operations Center.

Comparative analysis of techniques used then and now including dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Discussion of the "longitude problem."

About the organization. Online newsletter. Membership information. Definitions of navigation terms. International directory of organizations.

Downloadable electronic book. Also several shareware programs.

About the organization.

Discussion forum and live chat.

About the Carnegie Mellon researchers creating a prototype for a new lunar rover that can navigate rugged terrain and the navigation system they're using.

Covers celestial navigation theory, sextant errors and corrections, rhumb line caluclations and coastal navigation and conning.