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Navigation. In McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology.
9th ed. v. 11. New York, McGraw-Hill, c2002. Navigation. In Van Nostrand’s scientific encyclopedia.
9th ed. v. 2. New York, Wiley-Interscience, c2002. The practice of navigation. In May, W. E., A history of marine
navigation. New York, Norton, 1973. p. 1-43.
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which materials on navigation can be found, include the following:
Hofmann-Wellenhof, B. Navigation: principles of positioning
and guidance. Wien, New York, Springer, c2003. Mixter, George W. Primer of navigation: with problems in
practical work and complete tables. 7th ed. New York, W.
W. Norton, c1995. 578 p.
Akerblom, Kjell. Astronomy and navigation in Polynesia and
Micronesia. A survey. Stockholm, Etnografiska museet, 1968.
170 p. (The Ethnographical Museum, Stockholm. Monograph series,
publication no. 14) Avionics navigation systems. Myron Kayton and Walter
R. Fried, editors. 2nd ed. New York, Wiley, c1997. 773 p. Includes
bibliographical references. Avis, Robert. Using radar: a practical guide for small craft. Dobbs
Ferry, N.Y., Sheridan House, 2000. 84 p. Brogdon, Bill. Boat navigation for the rest of us: finding
your way by eye and electronics. 2nd ed. Camden, Me., International
Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2001. 220 p. Burch, David. Radar for mariners. Camden, Me., International
Marine, c2005. 243 p. Fishbein, Samuel B. Flight management systems: the evolution
of avionics and navigation technology. Prepared under the
auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. Westport, Hobbs, Richard R. Marine navigation: piloting and celestial
and electronic navigation. 4th ed. Annapolis, Md., Naval
Institute Press, c1998. 677 p. Karlsen, Leif K. Secrets of the Viking navigators. Seattle,
One Earth Press, 2003. 204 p. Larkin, Frank J. Basic coastal navigation: an introduction
to piloting. 2nd ed. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Sheridan House,
1998. 278 p. Lewis, David. The voyaging stars: secrets of the Pacific
Island navigators. New York, W. W. Norton, 1978. 208 p. Bibliography:
p. 202-203. Lewis, David. We, the navigators: the ancient art of landfinding
in the Pacific. 2nd ed. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press,
c1994. 442 p. Moody, Alton B. Navigation afloat: a manual for the seaman.
New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., c1980. 751 p. Tetley, Laurence L. Electronic navigation systems. 3rd
ed. Oxford, Boston, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001. 423 p. Thomas, Stephen D. The last navigator: a young man, an ancient
mariner, the secrets of the sea. Camden, Me., International
Marine, c1997. 307 p. Williams, Roy. Geometry of navigation. Chichester, Eng.,
Horwood Pub., 1998. 134 p. Wylie, Francis James, ed. The use of radar at sea. 5th
rev. ed. London, Hollis & Carter, 1978. 332 p.
Animal Navigation Hughes, Howard C. Sensory exotica: a world beyond human experience.
Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1999. Migrating animals: magnetic travel. In Mielczarek, Eugenie Vorburger,
and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne. Iron, nature’s universal
element: why people need iron and animals make magnets. New
Brunswick, N. J., Rutgers University Press, c2000. p. 105-129. Navigation. In Gould, James L. and Carol Grant Gould. The
honey bee. New York, Scientific American Library, c1988.
p. 124-155. (Scientific American Library series, no. 25) Spatial representation in animals. Edited by Sue Healy.
Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. 188 p. Waterman, Talbot H. Animal navigation. New York, Scientific
American Library; Distributed by W. H. Freeman, c1989. 243 p. (Scientific
American Library series, no. 26) Wiltschko, R. Magnetic orientation in animals. Berlin,
New York, Springer, c1995. 297 p. (Zoophysiologie, v. 33) Celestial Navigation & Dead Reckoning Davies, Arthur E. Celestial navigation: a practical guide.
Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Eng., Helmsman Books, 1992. 127
p. Etienne, Ariane S., and others. Role of dead reckoning in navigation.
In Spatial representation in animals. Edited by Sue Healy.
Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. p. 54-68. Schlereth, Hewitt. Celestial navigation in a nutshell.
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Sheridan House, 2000. 136 p. Schufeldt, H. H., and G. D. Dunlop. Piloting & dead reckoning.
4th ed. Rev. by Bruce Allan Bauer. Annapolis, Md., Naval Institute
Press, 1999. 176 p. Sumner line. In Van Nostrand’s scientific encyclopedia.
9th ed. v. 2. New York, Wiley-Interscience, c2002. Toghill, Jeff E. Celestial navigation. 3rd ed. Sydney,
New Holland Publishers, 1999. 122 p. Wright, John Middleton. Dead reckoning navigation. London,
Coles, 1968. 164 p. Land Navigation & Route Finding Blandford, Percy W. Maps and compasses. 2nd ed. Blue
Ridge Summit, Penn., Tab Books, c1992. 269 p. Crouch, Gregory. Route finding: navigating with map and compass.
Helena, Mont., Falcon, 1999. 95 p. Ferguson, Michael. GPS land navigation: a complete guidebook
for backcountry users of the NAVSTAR satellite system. Boise,
Idaho, Glassford Publishing, c1997. 255 p. Fleming, June. Staying found: the complete map and compass
handbook. 3rd ed. Seattle, Mountaineers Books, c2001. 157
p. Lethem, Lawrence. GPS made easy: using Global Positioning
Systems in the outdoors. 4th ed. Seattle, Mountaineers Books,
2003. 208 p. Rutstrum, Calvin. The wilderness route finder: the classic
guide to finding your way in the wild. Minneapolis, University
of Minnesota Press, 2000. 214 p. Space Navigation Bertotti, B., Paolo Farinella, and David Vokrouhlicky. Space navigation.
In Physics of the solar system: dynamics and evolution, space
physics, and spacetime structure. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer,
Academic Publishers, c2003. p. 613-618. (Astrophysics and space
science library, v. 293) Jordan, James F., and Lincoln J. Wood. Navigation, Space mission.
In Encyclopedia of physical science and technology. 2nd
ed. v. 10. San Diego, Academic Press, c1992. p. 649-673. Noton, Maxwell. Spacecraft navigation and guidance.
London, New York, Springer, c1998. 181 p. Park, Robert A. Interplanetary navigation. New York,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. 128 p. Thornton, Catherine L., and James S. Border. Radiometric tracking
techniques for deep-space navigation. Hoboken, N.J., Wiley-Interscience,
c2003. 85 p. Inertial Navigation, Satellite Navigation & Global Positioning Systems Clarke, Bill. Aviator’s guide to GPS. 3rd ed. New
York, McGraw-Hill, c1998. 325 p. Egbert, Robert I., and Joseph E. King. The GPS handbook.
Short Hills, N. J., Burford Books, c2003. 190 p. El-Rabbany, Ahmed. Introduction to GPS: the Global Positioning
System. Boston, Mass., Artech House, c2002. 176 p. Farrell, Jay, and Matthew Barth. The Global Positioning System
and inertial navigation. New York, McGraw-Hill, c1999. 340
p. Jekeli, Christopher. Inertial navigation system. In Inertial
navigation systems with geodetic applications. Berlin, New
York, Walter de Gruyter, 2001. p. 101-138. Larkin, Frank J. Coastal navigation using GPS: for sail and
power. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Sheridan House, c2003. Siouris, George M. Navigation, inertial. In Encyclopedia
of physical science and technology. 2nd ed. v. 10. San Diego,
Academic Press, c1992. p. 595-647. Sweet, Robert J. GPS for mariners. Camden, Me., International
Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2003. 170 p. Ward, Phil. Navigation, satellite. In Encyclopedia of physical
science and technology. 2nd ed. v. 10. San Diego, Academic
Press, c1992. p. 676-702.
The Astronomical almanac for the year ... Washington,
U.S.G.P.O., c1980- . The Astronomical almanac online. U. S. Naval Observatory.
A joint publication of the U. S. Nautical Almanac Office in the
United States (USNO) and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office
(HMNAO) in the United Kingdom. Bowditch, Nathaniel. The American practical navigator: an
epitome of navigation. Originally by Nathaniel Bowditch;
prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
2002 bicentennial ed. Bethesda, Md., National Imagery and Mapping
Agency, 2002. 879 p. (United States. National Imagery and Mapping
Agency; Pub. 9) Bowditch, Nathaniel. Useful tables from the American practical
navigator. Rev. ed. of 1938. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print.
Off., 1940. 387 p. (United States. Hydrographic Office. Publication
no. 9, pt. 2) Dutton, Benjamin. Dutton’s nautical navigation.
15th ed. Annapolis, Md., Naval Institute Press, c2004. 447 p. The Nautical almanac for the year ... American ed. Washington,
United States Naval Observatory, 2005. v. Reed’s marine distance tables. Compiled for the
publishers by R. W. Caney and J. E. Reynolds. 5th ed. London, T.
Reed Publications, 1981. 202 p. Sight reduction tables for air navigation. Pub. No.
249. Bethesda, Md., National Geospatial Intelligence Center, Corrected
through U.S. Notice to Mariners No. 25/2005 Sight reduction tables for marine navigation. Pub. No.
229. Bethesda, Md., National Geospatial Intelligence Center, Corrected
through U.S. Notice to Mariners No. 25/2005
Allen, Craig H. Farwell’s rules of the nautical road. 8th
ed. Annapolis, Md., Naval Institute Press, c2005. 719 p. “Originally
known as the Rules of the nautical road by Captain Raymond
F. Farwell.” Bauer, Bruce A. The sextant handbook: adjustment, repair,
use, and history. 2nd ed. Camden, Me., International Marine,
c1992. 189 p. Bennett, George G. The complete on-board celestial navigator:
everything but the sextant. 2003-2007 ed. Camden, Me., McGraw-Hill,
c2003. 176 p. Cutler, Deborah W., and Thomas J. Cutler. Dictionary of naval
terms. 6th ed. Annapolis, Md., Naval Institute Press, c2005.
244 p. Goetzfridt, Nicholas J. Indigenous navigation and voyaging
in the Pacific: a reference guide. New York, Greenwood Press,
1992. 294 p. Grant, George Abernethy Alexander. The ship’s compass,
including general magnetism theory, practice and calculations
relating to magnetic and gyro compasses. 2nd ed., revised
by J. Klinkert. London, Routledge and K. Paul, 1970. 603 p. Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Navy). Admiralty manual
of navigation. Rev. 1987, superseding the ed. of 1964. London,
H.M.S.O., 1987. Rev. ed. of Manual of navigation. Great International code of signals. Pub. No. 102. Bethesda,
Md., National Geospatial Intelligence Center, Corrected through
U.S. Notice to Mariners No. 25/2005 (18 June 2005). Navigation rules: International-inland. United States
Coast Guard. COMDTINST 1667272.2D. This manual contains the International
Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS).
It also contains the Inland Navigation Rules. Some differences
do remain between Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem, Mass. The Peabody Museum
collection of navigating instruments. Salem, Mass., 1963.
154 p. Pike, Dag. Reed’s sextant simplified. Dobbs Ferry,
N.Y., Sheridan House, 2003. 103 p. Tver, David F. The Norton encyclopedic dictionary of navigation.
New York, W. W. Norton, c1987. 283 p. United States. Coast Guard. Chapman navigation rules: international-inland
navigation rules. COMDTISNT M16672.2D/U.S. Coast Guard,
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. Commentary by Dan Fales. New
York, Hearst Books, c2004. 165 p.
Aczel, Amir D. The riddle of the compass: the invention that
changed the world. New York, Harcourt, c2001. 178 p. Bennett, J. A. The divided circle: a history of instruments
for astronomy, navigation, and surveying. Oxford, Phaidon,
Christie’s, 1987. 224 p. Cotter, Charles H. A history of nautical astronomy.
London, Sydney, Hollis & Carter, 1968. 387 p. Cortes, Martin. Arte of navigation. Facsimile reproduction
with an introduction by D. W. Waters. Delmar, N. Y., published
for the John Carter Brown Library by Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints,
1992. 1 v. (unpaged). Davis, John. The seaman’s secrets (1633). A facsimile
reproduction with an introduction by A. N. Ryan. Delmar, N.Y.,
published for the John Carter Brown Library by Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints,
1992. 1 v. (unpaged). Davys, John. The voyages and works of John Davis, the navigator. Edited
with an introduction and notes by Albert Hastings Markham. New
York, B. Franklin, 1970. 392 p. (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society,
no. 59) Gurney, Alan. Compass: a story of exploration and innovation. New
York, Norton, c2004. 320 p. Hewson, J. B. A history of the practice of navigation.
2nd ed. Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1983. 295 p. Includes
bibliographical references. The History of mathematical tables: from Sumer to spreadsheets.
Edited by M. Campbell-Kelly and others. Oxford, New York, Oxford
University Press, c2003. 361 p. Ifland, Peter. Taking the stars: celestial navigation from
argonauts to astronauts. Newport News, Va., Mariners’ Museum;
Malabar, Fla., Krieger Pub. Co., 1998. 222 p. Jonkers, A. R. T. Earth’s magnetism in the age of sail. Baltimore,
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. 300 p. Includes
bibliographical references. Kelley, James E., Jr. On old nautical charts and sailing
directions: technical essays. Melrose Park, Penn., Sometime
Publishers, 1999. 281 p. Kerr, Robert. A general history and collection of voyages
and travels, arranged in systematic order: forming a complete
history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery,
and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the
present time. Edinburgh, W. Blackwood, 1824. 18 v. Maritime history as world history. Edited by Daniel
Finamore. James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith, series editors.
Salem, Mass., Peabody Essex Museum; Gainesville, University Press
of Florida, c2004. 216 p. May, W. E. A history of marine navigation. With a chapter
on modern developments, by Leonard Holder. New York, Norton, 1973.
280 p. Naish, John Michael. Seamarks: their history and development.
London, Stanford Maritime, 1985. 192 p. Sumner, Thomas H. A new and accurate method of finding a
ship's position at sea, by projection on Mercator's chart ...
The principles of the method being fully explained and illustrated
by problems, examples, and plates, with rules for practice, and
examples from actual observation. Boston, T. Groom & Co.,
1851. Taylor, E. G. R. The haven-finding art: a history of navigation
from Odysseus to Captain Cook. New York, American Elsevier
Pub. Co., 1971. 310 p. Vanvaerenbergh, Michel, and Peter Ifland. Line of position
navigation: Sumner and Saint-Hilaire, the two pillars of modern
celestial navigation. Bloomington, Ind., Unlimited Pub.,
c2003. 1 v. (various pagings). Waters, David Watkin. The art of navigation in England in
Elizabethan and early Stuart times. 2nd ed. with revisions.
Greenwich, Eng., National Maritime Museum, 1978. 3 v. (708 p).
(Modern maritime classics reprint, Williams, J. E. D. From sails to satellites: the origin and
development of navigational science. Oxford, New York, Oxford
University Press, 1992. 310 p.
Baker, Robin. Human navigation and magnetoreception.
Manchester, Eng., New York, Manchester University Press, c1989.
305 p. Close encounters: sea- and riverborne trade, ports and hinterlands,
ship construction and navigation in antiquity, the Middle Ages
and in modern time. Edited by Marinella Pasquinucci and
Timm Weski. Oxford, Archaeopress, 2004. 201 p. (BAR international
series, 1283) Drane, C. R., and C. Rizos. Positioning systems in intelligent
transportation systems. Boston, Artech House, c1998. 369
p. Piloting, seamanship, and small boat handling. Charles
F. Chapman, with revisions by Elbert S. Maloney and others. New
York, Motor Boat & Sailing. Trimmer, John W. How to avoid huge ships. 2nd ed. Centreville,
Md., Cornell Maritime Press, c1993. 99 p.
Conferences, Symposia, etc. are frequently the best source for the most up to date research on navigation systems and related topics, especially those of a highly technical nature. Selected Conference Titles IEEE 2000 Position Location and Navigation Symposium: San
Diego, California, March 13-16, 2000. Sponsored by IEEE
Aerospace & Electronics [sic] Systems Society. New York,
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c2000. 534
p. Location services and navigation technologies: 24 April 2003,
Orlando, Florida, USA. Yilin Zhao, chair/editor. Sponsored
and published by SPIE–the International Society for Optical
Engineering. Bellington, Wash., SPIE, c2003. 150 p. (Proceedings
of SPIE–the International Society for Optical Engineering,
v. 5084) Radar 2002, 15-17 October 2002, Edinburgh International Conference
Centre, Edinburgh, UK. London, IEE, c2002. 595 p. (Conference
publication, no. 490) Satellite navigation systems: policy, commercial, and technical
interaction: proceedings of an international symposium, 26-28
May 2003, Strasbourgh, France. Edited by M. Rycroft. Dordrecht,
Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003. 266 p. (Space studies,
v. 8) Spatial information theory: foundations of geographic information
science: international conference, COSIT 2003: Ittingen, Switzerland,
September 2003: proceedings. Werner Kuhn, Michael F. Worboys,
and Sabine Timpf, editors. Berlin, New York, Springer, c2003.
398 p. (Lecture notes in computer science, 2825)
(A&Is) recommended for periodical literature, conference reports, technical reports, and “grey literature” are listed below. For the current status of LC electronic resources, go to web page http://www.loc.gov/rr/ElectronicResources/ from any LC public workstation. Selected open source indexes are also listed on this web page. For more information consult a Science Reference librarian. Applied Science & Technology Index (1913- ) ASTA (Applied Science & Technology Abstracts) (1983-
) Current Technology Index (1962- ) EI Compendex (1995- ) Engineering Index (1884-1993) General Science Index (1978- ) General Science Index (1984- ) GEOBASE (1980-present) Geophysical Abstracts (1929-1971) GeoREF (1785- ) Government Reports Announcements & Index (1946-1996) International Aerospace Abstracts (1961- ) Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications NTIS (National Technical Information Service) (1964-
) NTIS (National Technical Information Service) (1964-
) Oceanic Abstracts (1964- ) Readers’ Guide Abstracts (1983- ) Readers’ Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-
) Science Citation Index (Institute for Scientific Information)
(1945-2001) Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Knowledge)
(1997-)
Journals recommended for articles on navigation; some may have articles available in full-text through LC subscription electronic databases. For more information consult a Science Reference librarian.
Able, Kenneth P., and Mary A. Able. The roles of innate information,
learning rules and plasticity in migratory bird orientation. Journal
of navigation, v. 51, Jan. 1998: 1-9. Boles, Larry C., and Kenneth J. Lohmann. True navigation and
magnetic maps in spiny lobsters. Nature, v. 421, Jan.
2, 2003: 60-63. Bonsen G. zur, and others. Continuous navigation: combining GPS
with sensor-based dead reckoning. GPS world, v. 16, Apr.
2005: 47-54. Brower, Lincoln. Monarch butterfly orientation: missing pieces
of a magnificent puzzle. The Journal of experimental biology,
v. 199, Jan. 1996: 93-103. Chen, C.-L., and others. A novel approach to great circle sailings:
the great circle equation. Journal of navigation, v. 57,
May 2004: 311-325. Cheng, Ken. Reflections on geometry and navigation.Connection
science, v. 17, Mar. 2005: 5-21. Chittka, L., and others. Navigation without vision: bumblebee
orientation in complete darkness. Proceedings of the Royal
Society of London - biological sciences, v. 266, Jan. 1999:
45-50. Colbert, M. Rendezvousing at familiar and unfamiliar places. Journal
of navigation, v. 57, Sept. 2004: 327-338. Duckham, Matt, Lars Kulik, and Michael Worboys. Imprecise navigation. GeoInformatica,
v. 7, June 2003: 79-94. Duckham, Matt, and Lars Kulik. "Simplest" paths: automated
route selection for navigation. Spatial information theory:
foundations of geographic information science: international conference,
COSIT 2003. p. 169-185. (Lecture notes in computer science,
2825) Foo, P., and others. Do humans integrate routes into a cognitive
map? Map- versus landmark-based navigation of novel shortcuts.
Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition,
v. 31, Mar. 2005: 195-215. Grejner-Brzezinska, Dorota, and others. On improving navigation
accuracy of GPS/INS systems. Photogrammetric engineering and
remote sensing, v. 71, Apr. 2005: 377-389. Hays, Graeme C., and others. Island-finding ability of marine
turtles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - biological
sciences, v. 270, Suppl. 1, Aug. 2003: S5-S7. Jeffery, Kathryn. Computational and biological perspectives on
the problem of navigation. Connection science, v. 17,
Mar. 2005: 1-4. Kopacz, Z., and others. The changes in maritime navigation and
the competencies of navigators. Journal of navigation,
v. 57, no. 1, 2004: 78-83. Legat, K., and B. Hofmann-Wellenhof. Galileo or for whom the
bell tolls. Earth, planets and space, v. 52, Aug. 2000:
771-776. Lobben, Amy K. Tasks, strategies, and cognitive processes associated
with navigational map reading: a review perspective. The Professional
geographer, v. 56, May 2004: 270-281. May, A. J., T. Ross, and S. H. Bayer. Driver's information requirements
when navigating in an urban environment. Journal of navigation,
v. 56, Jan. 2003: 89-100. Orchiston, Wayne, and Derek Howse. From Transit of Venus to teaching
navigation: the work of William Wales. Journal of navigation,
v. 53, 2000: 156-166. Romeo, John, and Graham Lester. Navigation is key to AUV missions. Sea
technology, v. 42, Dec. 2001: 24, Ryu, Jihan, and J. Christian Gerdes. Integrating inertial sensors
with Global Positioning System (GPS) for vehicle dynamics control. Journal
of dynamic systems, measurement and control, v. 126, June
2004: 243-254. Scherzinger, Bruno M. History of inertial navigation systems
in survey applications. Photogrammetric engineering & remote
sensing, v. 67, Nov. 2001: 1225-1227. Schlesinger, B. Dynamic navigation systems: heading in the right
direction. GEO: connexion, v. 2, no. 3, 2003: Seymour, P. A. H. Navigational stimuli in the development of
mathematical science. Journal of navigation, v. 51, Jan.
1998: 106-116. Simons, Andrew M. Many wrongs: the advantage of group navigation. Trends
in ecology & evolution, v. 19, Sept. 2004: 453-455. Stalleicken, Julia, and others. Do monarch butterflies use polarized
skylight for migratory orientation? Journal of experimental
biology, v. 208, June 2005: 2399- 2408. Van Allen, James. Basic principles of celestial navigation. American
journal of physics, v. 72, Nov. 2004: Wallraff, Hans G. Beyond familiar landmarks and integrated routes:
goal-oriented navigation by birds. Connection science,
v. 17, Mar. 2005: 91-106. Zhilin Li, and Angelina Ho. Design of multi-scale and dynamic
maps for land vehicle navigation. Cartographic journal,
v. 41, Dec. 2004: 265- 279.
SELECTED TECHNICAL REPORTS (TRs), may be identified using the indexes specified above. A large collection of these in paper and microfiche is available in LC from the Technical Reports Section. Consult a Science Reference Librarian for assistance. Baker, J. L., and others. Novel approach to large scale brain
network models: an algorithmic model for place cell emergence with
robotic sensor input. Fairfax, Va., George Mason Univ., June 16,
2004. 5 p. Corban, J. E., and others. Biologically inspired direct adaptive
guidance and control for autonomous flight systems. McDonough,
Ga., Guided Systems Technologies, Sept. 30, 2004. 49 p. Malay, Benjamin P. Celestial navigation on the surface of Mars.
Annapolis, Md., U. S. Naval Academy, May 2001. (Trident scholar
project rept. no. 284 ) 34 p. Sanford, T. B., and R. H. Tyler. Nearshore navigation and communication
based on deliberate EM signals and theoretical, numerical and observational
studies of coastal ocean electrodynamics. Seattle, Washington Univ.,
Applied Physics Lab., April, 2005. 18 p. Williamson, Walton R., Jason L. Speyer, and Charles H. Jones.
Detection and isolation of instrumentation failures applied to
GPS and inertial navigation. Pomona, Calif., SYSENSE, Inc., May
2005. 23 p.
SELECTED MATERIALS such as newspaper clippings and short articles from popular sources are available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet box for Navigation. Ask a Science Reference librarian for the shelf location. Long, Michael E. Secrets of animal navigation. National geographic, v. 179, June 1991: 70-99. Nature on the move. Sunset, v. 191, Nov. 1993: 73-85. Migrations. v. 6, Summer 1987. Orion nature quarterly: 1-65.
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