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College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MARI 107 - Electronic Navigation Course


3 Credits
This course covers theory and practical use of electronic navigational aides. Possible errors and limitations are stressed along with methods of resolving position ambiguity. The mode of teaching is lecture, demonstration, and practice. A blind bridge simulator is used and the equipment used is GPS, ECDIS, Loran C, and AIS. Subjects for this course include, but are not limited to the equipment aforementioned, basic principles, Omega/Decca, radio direction finders, echo sounders, speed logs, radar navigation, and navigation software.