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Marine Navigation in the 21st Century: A Shift to Precision Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

R. I. S. Nijjer
R. I. S. Nijjer
Affiliation:
(Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
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Abstract

This paper is based on one presented by the author at the Maritime Technology 21st Century Conference held at the University of Melbourne in November 1992.

Keywords

1. History2. Marine navigation3. Precision navigation

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 395 - 405
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1993

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