Resources and Links

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Navigation Education

Navigation Related educational materials are now available on the National ION website...see their Navigation Education page for more details.

Resources

Application of Kalman Filtering to GPS, INS, & Navigation
http://members.aol.com/kfcas/index.html
Short course designed for ION professionals. Next short course in June 2000.

USCG Navigation Center Homepage
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
One of the better resources for navigation and GPS information available on the internet.

NOVA On-Line - Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/
This site on NOVA On-Line provides great educational games intended to learn about finding longitude via time and also a game about understanding GPS. Give it a try! It is best if you have Shockwave installed on your computer, but it is not necessary.

History Channel On-Line Search under "Navigation"
http://www.historychannel.com/perl/search.pl?word=navigation
Not great for in-depth information, but it does provide good little snippets of information on the history of navigation in its many forms.

The Columbus Navigation homepage
www.columbusnavigation.com
"Examining the History, Navigation, and Landfall of Christopher Columbus."

Starpath School of Navigation
http://starpath.com/index.htm
Starpath is a school of navigation whcih provides classroom teaching (in Seattle, Washington) as well as "Home Study" courses. They also offer many tools and books for sale associated with navigation.

Landfall Navigation®: Charts, Electronic Navigation, Safety Equipment for Offshore
http://www.landfallnav.com/
"Landfall Navigation is the source of offshore safety and navigation equipment for serious sailors and navigators. Our philosophy is simple: we only carry equipment that we would want to use offshore ourselves." - Excerpt from Landfall Navigation

Links

Institute Of Navigation Home Page

GPS Operations Center - Updated Daily

Garmin International - GPS and other navigation products.