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Human Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

E. W. Anderson
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In this last communication to the Journal, the late Wing Commander Anderson, whose book Animals as Navigators is reviewed on p. 146, discusses the natural sensors by means of which man may control his (purposeful) motion from place to place.

The qualification ‘human’ can convey many things. It could cover the impact of human characteristics on various systems, including the most sophisticated, but we shall use the word to mean that navigation information is garnered by the human senses without the aid of anything that has been manufactured. We shall exclude artificial sensors to provide control and not even accept a marching compass to guide the motion. There will be no printed map to give position and no watch to register time.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 104 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1984

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