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Further Comments on the Calculation of Position Line Data with a Computer Calculator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

John A. Read
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Mr. Podmore's article1 will certainly cause several people to write to you, as he is not suggesting the best use of the HP-35. One advantage of the Hewlett-Packard calculators is that one does not need to convert degrees and minutes to degrees and fractions of a degree before beginning the problem. Also one should use the cosine law again to find the azimuth. The usefulness of the calculator is that it can find with ease, both the calculated zenith distance and azimuth (no more tables!).

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 1976 , pp. 97 - 98
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1976

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1Podmore, H. L. (1975). The calculation of position line data with a computer calculator. This Journal, 28, 101.Google Scholar