The author outlines some of the history of navigation and brings out the status of the navigator among the Polynesians. His theme is that life will not be the same when the sextant and the Polynesian palu's knowledge are replaced by an electronic device depending on the Global Positioning System.<>


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    Title :

    Computers make celestial navigation less celestial?


    Contributors:
    Ulman, N. (author)


    Publication date :

    1989-03-01


    Size :

    163174 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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