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- SIGHTRED
- Program notes
-
- 1. Purpose. The SIGHTRED program contains the formulae for performing the
- spherical triangle calculations associated with celestial navigation. My
- primary purpose in writing this program was to use it for preparation of
- sight reduction problems for the class I teach in celestial navigation at
- the local community college. While the use to date is solely in
- preparation for class, the program would work in an operational situation.
- Its performance matches that of special purpose calculators, both in
- accuracy and speed. The navigation terminology is standard and can be
- found in any text on the subject. Best reference is NO Pub #9, American
- Practical Navigator, originally by Nathanial Bowditch.
-
- 2. Compatibility. While written in Pascal/Z, there are no terminal or
- file peculiarities, so any Pascal compiler should handle it.
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- 3. Comments or questions. Rex A Buddenberg, 1910 Ash Street, North Bend,
- Or 97459.
-