Navigation

instruments used to ascertain the present position, speed, rotation, ... of a vehicle

thumb|A man referring to a paper map in Joshua Tree National Park Wayfinding (or way-finding) encompasses all of the ways in which people (and animals) orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place.

technology system enabling tracking of persons or objects on the move and supplying a timely ordered sequence of location data for further processing

navigational technique perfected by Portuguese navigators during the Age of Discovery in the late fifteenth century

history of seamanship

formula for the surface gravity on a viscous rotating ellipsoid in hydrostatic equilibrium under the action of its gravitational field and centrifugal force

compass direction in which a vehicle's bow or nose is pointed

concept in missile guidance systems

artificial pilotage and position fixing aid emitting light beams

geodetic reference ellipsoid

computing system that aids in navigation

mariner's handbook of written sailing directions

file format

Rule of thumb for hiking time

mechanism for determining the location of an object in space

19th-century encyclopedia of maritime navigation

navigational aid drawn on early portolan charts

organization

Angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body

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discipline of following a route through unfamiliar terrain on foot or by vehicle

brand of nautical chart

thumb|A Type B Diaphone (Gamewell) in front of a Type F Diaphone fog horn (Diaphone Signal Co.) previously used in Cleveland, OH. The diaphone is a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: It can produce deep, powerful tones, able to carry a long distance. Although they have fallen out of favor, diaphones were also used at some fire stations and in other situations where a loud, audible signal was required.

Wayfinder, previously a mobile navigation software, is now an open source mapping and navigation software. Wayfinder Systems AB (called Itinerary Systems IS AB until 2002) was founded in 1995 by David Svensson (CEO 1995-2001, CTO 2001-2004) and investors. The company IPO was in 2005 with the stock listed on Nordic Growth Market (NGM Equity) at a 600 MSEK market cap. In 2009 the Brittish mobile phone operator Vodafonebought all shares in Wayfinder Systems AB and operated it as a wholly owned subsiderary with 97 people employed, specializing in creating mobile navigation systems for a number of

product locating systems in logistics

navigational direction

Spherical triangle used in astronavigation

mechanical analog computer, constructed and set up to predict the ebb and flow of sea tides and the irregular variations in their heights – which change in mixtures of rhythms, that never (in the aggregate) repeat themselves exactly

Celestial coordinate system

listed building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK