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    Area navigation (RNAV, usually pronounced as /ˈɑːrnæv/ "ar-nav") is a method of instrument flight rules (IFR) navigation that allows an aircraft to choose...
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    The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, marine navigation, aeronautic navigation, and space navigation. It is also the...
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  • aviation, lateral navigation (LNAV, usually pronounced el-nav) is azimuth navigation, without vertical navigation (VNAV). Area navigation (RNAV) approach...
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    A satellite navigation or satnav system is a system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geopositioning. A satellite navigation system with global...
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  • ICAO performance-based navigation (PBN) specifies that aircraft required navigation performance (RNP) and area navigation (RNAV) systems performance requirements...
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    aircraft to fly a specific path between two 3D-defined points in space. Area navigation (RNAV) and RNP systems are fundamentally similar. The key difference...
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    The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an air navigation aid developed by the Federal Aviation Administration to augment the Global Positioning System...
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  • Freedom of navigation (FON) is a principle of law of the sea that ships flying the flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other...
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  • In computing, caret navigation (or caret browsing) is a kind of keyboard navigation where a caret (also known as a ‘text cursor’, ‘text insertion cursor’...
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    Marine navigation is the art and science of steering a ship from a starting point (sailing) to a destination, efficiently and responsibly. It is an art...
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    The Broads (category Inland navigations)
    Thirteen broads are generally open to navigation, with a further three having navigable channels. Some broads have navigation restrictions imposed on them in...
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  • video game AI in 2000. A navigation mesh is a collection of two-dimensional convex polygons (a polygon mesh) that define which areas of an environment are...
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  • Web navigation refers to the process of navigating a network of information resources in the World Wide Web, which is organized as hypertext or hypermedia...
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  • The Navigation Data Standard (NDS) is a standardized format for automotive-grade navigation databases, jointly developed by automobile manufacturers and...
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    The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised EUROCONTROL), is an international organisation working...
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    Radio navigation or radionavigation is the application of radio frequencies to determine a position of an object on the Earth, either the vessel or an...
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  • In computing, spatial navigation is the ability to navigate between focusable elements, such as hyperlinks and form controls, within a structured document...
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  • The basic principles of air navigation are identical to general navigation, which includes the process of planning, recording, and controlling the movement...
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  • Force (Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing in the United Kingdom. British scientific intelligence...
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    Polynesian navigation or Polynesian wayfinding was used for thousands of years to enable long voyages across thousands of kilometres of the open Pacific...
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    An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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  • the reference beacon(s). Rho-Theta methodology is a key component in Area Navigation (RNAV). The term "Rho-Theta" consists of the two Greek letters corresponding...
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    The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), with an operational name of NavIC (acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation; also, nāvik...
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    The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS; Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; pinyin: běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned...
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    An automotive navigation system is part of the automobile controls or a third party add-on used to find direction in an automobile. It typically uses a...
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    Submarine navigation underwater requires special skills and technologies not needed by surface ships. The challenges of underwater navigation have become...
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    A satellite navigation device or satnav device, also known as a satellite navigation receiver or satnav receiver or simply a GPS device, is a user equipment...
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  • Navigational instruments are instruments used by nautical navigators and pilots as tools of their trade. The purpose of navigation is to ascertain the...
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  • the continental shelf. Their jurisdiction covers, depending on the area: navigation, fishing, mineral extraction from the seabed, customs, fiscal, research...
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    A navigational aid (NAVAID), also known as aid to navigation (ATON), is any sort of signal, markers or guidance equipment which aids the traveler in navigation...
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