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Towards a Global Navigation System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Andrew Stratton
Andrew Stratton
Affiliation:
(Navigation Consultant)
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Extract

The objectives for a Global Navigation System (GNS) may be simply stated as the provision for all users, air, sea and land, wherever they may be on or above the surface of the globe, or beneath the sea, with the navigation means of going about their business in a safe and economic manner.

Keywords

1. Radio navigation2. Hyperbolic systems3. Satellite navigation4. Inertial systems5. Integrated systems6. Economics
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 191 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1994

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