Electronic Navigation Systems

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This paper discusses the electronic navigation systems and instruments used historically for navigational purposes. The paper presents the history of navigational aids and the development of the various electronic navigation systems. The different systems in use today are examined.

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"Electronic navigation systems are continually developing in order to provide pilots and captains the ability to precisely navigate both ships and aircraft under even the most treacherous of conditions. Modern technological advances have changed the way navigators estimate time, location and distance to destination. Among the electronic navigational instruments used in contemporary society are radar devices including the DECCA and LORAN. GPS is also a commonly used electronic navigational system that has afforded pilots the ability to estimate distance and location with high precision. Electronic navigation has enabled pilots of aircraft to make estimates that are within a 90% or more accuracy range. The primitive systems utilized by early navigators would never approach the precision of modern day systems."

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