Earth’s Rotation Measurement
This course on celestial navigation explains the role of the Earth’s rotation in both ancient and modern navigational techniques and how to use a gyrocompass.
This course teaches you the principles behind the Earth?s rotation, how sailors used the development of the gyrocompass in marine navigation, the directions on the compass card, gyro error and how you can fit the magnetic compass on ships. You will also learn how to sail on a true course using a magnetic compass, how you can cause a magnetic deviation, the reasons for using magnetic courses and the concept of parallel sailing.
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
Axis of Rotation
In this module, you will be introduced to the axis of rotation, direction by gyrocompass, as well as the magnetic compass and lines of position fixes. You will also be introduced to the method of positions fixes, position lines and how to plot positions on the chart.
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