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Navigation 2

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0436/03
Abbreviation Nav2
Course title Navigation 2
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Shapes of the globe.
Circumference and diameter. Grid. Large and small circles. Rhumb lines and ortodroma. Convergence. Mathematical rhumb lines and finding the average ortodromy. Agona, isogona. Projections and maps. Display Properties. Spherical trigonometry. ICAO maps. Jeppesson maps. The Times - UTC, GMT, LNT, ZT. Time zones. Correlation navigation. Navigation of calculation.

Literature

[1] Navigation, Theoretical Knowledge Manual ATPL, Jeppesen GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, 2001, ISBN 0-88487-290-4 

Advised literature

Volner, R.: Radionavigace I, VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2008