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Websites in Navigation

1. A Short Guide to Celestial Navigation
   Downloadable electronic book. Also several shareware programs.
   http://home.t-online.de/home/h.umland/
   
   
2. Australian Institute of Navigation
   About the organization. Online newsletter. Meeting and membership information.
   http://www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/aion/aion.html
   
   
3. Celestial Navigation Forum
   Discussion forum and live chat.
   http://jollyroger.com/zz/yna4d/CelestialNavigationhall/shakespeare1.html
   
   
4. Celestial Navigation Net
   Annotated hub site of resources relating to navigating by the stars, including theory, practice, history, instruments, and classroom links.
   http://www.celestialnavigation.net/
   
   
5. German Institute of Navigation (DGON)
   About the organization.
   http://www.dgon.de/content/englisch/englisch.htm
   
   
6. How Columbus and Apollo Astronauts Navigated
   Comparative analysis of techniques used then and now including dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Discussion of the "longitude problem."
   http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/navigate.htm
   
   
7. International Association of Institutes of Navigation
   About the organization. Online newsletter. Membership information. Definitions of navigation terms. International directory of organizations.
   http://www.rin.org.uk/iain/frame1.htm
   
   
8. Lunar Rover Demonstration Navigation Group
   About the Carnegie Mellon researchers creating a prototype for a new lunar rover that can navigate rugged terrain and the navigation system they're using.
   http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/lri-3/www/lrd/nav-home.html
   
   
9. Navigation and Related Subjects
   Covers celestial navigation theory, sextant errors and corrections, rhumb line caluclations and coastal navigation and conning.
   http://jacq.istos.com.au/sundry/navig.html
   
   
10. Near-Earth Navigation and Geodesy
    Describes the activities and research of the Navigation Research Office at the European Space Operations Center.
    http://nng.esoc.esa.de/
    
    
11. Nordic Institute of Navigation
    About the organization. Membership information. Meeting programs. Discussion forum.
    http://www.nornav.org/
    
    
12. Royal Institute of Navigation
    About the London based organization. Membership information. Online newsletter and briefings. Mailing list. Search the organizations library or journals. Competitions and events schedule.
    http://www.rin.org.uk/
    
    
13. The Institute of Navigation
    Meeting programs with abstracts. Award winners and nomination forms. Membership information. Online version of the quarterly newsletter. Index of the organization's annual journal.
    http://www.ion.org/
    
    
14. US Coast Guard Navigation Center
    News, updates and advisories. Links to local US Coast Guards sites. Downloadable publications.
    http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
    
    
15. Visual Global Positioning System
    About a map-based three dimenesional air or two dimensional marine or land based navigation system.
    http://members.ispwest.com/vgps
    
    

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