TY - BOOK AU - Bowditch,Nathaniel ED - United States. TI - American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation T2 - Pub. AV - VK555 .A48 2019 PY - 2019///] CY - Springfield, Virginia PB - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency KW - Government publications KW - United States KW - Nautical astronomy KW - Navigation N1 - "NSN 7642014014652."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to Marine Navigation -- Geodesy and Datums in Navigation --Hydrography -- Nautical Charts -- Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) -- Nautical Publications -- Short Range Aids to Navigation -- Compasses -- Dead Reckoning -- Piloting -- Use of Sextant in Piloting -- The Sailings -- Navigational Astronomy -- Instruments for Celestial Navigation -- Azimuths and Amplitudes -- Time -- The Almanacs -- Sight Planning -- Sight Reduction -- Introduction to Inertial Navigation --Radio Waves -- Satellite Navigation -- Radar Navigation -- LoRaN Navigation -- Doppler Sonar Navigation -- Bathymetric Navigation -- Navigation Processes -- Emergency Navigation -- Navigation Regulations -- Maritime Safety Systems -- Reporting -- Ice Navigation -- Polar Navigation -- The Oceans -- Tides and Tidal Currents -- Ocean Currents -- Waves, Breakers and Surf -- Weather Elements -- Tropical Cyclones -- Weather Observations -- Weather Routing -- Appendices -- Index N2 - Premier reference for modern, practical marine navigation, originally published in 1802 and revised and updated continuously to keep pace with changes in navigation and technologies ER -