Navigation
Navigation is a field of study that specializes in monitoring and controlling the movement of ships or any vehicle from one place to another.
Navigation has four categories:
Marine navigation
What is the marine navigation?
The marine navigation is driving a boat from a place to another succesfully and with responsability. the navigation can be over the surface or underwater.
What are the tools used?
These are some examples,
- The compass, is used for finding a direction.
- The chip lock, was used as a speedometer.
- The celestial navigation, its a way using stars and planets to find the location.
- The maps, are used to find locations.
- The radar, is used to determine the distance of a ship from the land, other ships or any floating object in the sea.
Aeronautic navigation
What is aeronautic navigation?
Is piloting an aircraft from a place to place without getting lost, it incluedes the process of planing, recording, and controlling it.
What are the tools used?
These are some examples,
- The alimeter, it shows the aircraft altitude above sea level.
- The airspeed indicator, shows teh aircraft speed.
- The vertical speed indicator,senses changing air pressure.
- The magnetic compass, shows the aircraft's heading relative to magnetic north.
- The attitude indicator, shows the aircrafts relation to the horizon
Land navigation
What is land navigation?
Land navigation is the art or science of searching a specific location in a vehicle or any people.
What are the tools used?
These are some examples,
- The compass,is used for finding a directions.
- The GPS, it gives the location.
Space navigation
What is the satellite navigation?
Space navigation is a system that uses satellites to provide positions, they determine the location (longitude, latitude and elevetion).
What are the tools used?
These are some examples,
- The GPS,it gives the location.
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