One compass solution

From: Hugh McVicker <hugh_at_mbcmr.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 11:53:59 +0100


Hugh's one compass solution.

 Wow, who'd have thought this would carry on so long. Here is the one compas solution IMG which is set around Pavis. To get your three points you have the Pavis compass (Yah), the red moon (most of the time) and sunrise. This mean that you don't get good readings when there's a lot of cloud cover or when the moon is dark but you arn't travelling that far in a day so a bit of error is not as important as with RW modern travel. Checking your position once every day or two is usually enough for people walking or riding. When you get close to where you want to be your local guide should recognise the landmarks anyway.

        Only a madman would sail out of sight of land anyway! :)

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