Navigation Flashcards
What is a circle?
Visual Fix
What is a triangle?
Electronic Fix
What is a square?
Estimated Position
What is a half moon?
Dead Reckoning
What is a circle w/ dot in the middle?
Visual reference without previous fix data.
Sailing Chart scale?
1:600,000
General Chart scale?
1:150,000 - 1:600,000
Coastal chart scale?
1:50,000 - 1:150,000
Harbor chart scale?
1:50,000 - larger
Degrees of latitude are always ___ miles apart?
60NM
Distance between degrees of LONGITUDE are __NM at the equator.
60, but less further north or south.
Water level depth is measured at?
Mean Low tide
What is standard map projection style?
Mercator projection
Gnomonic Projection used for?
Navigation on the great circle
Stereographic projection used for?
Navigation in polar regions
NOAA charts sounding datum?
Indicated as Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW)
Letter for center of mo board?
“e”
Mo board letter for “own ship” course and speed?
“er”
Contacts direction and speed on mo board?
DRM and SRM
Vector representing contacts true course and speed on mo board?
“em” = them
What is least accurate type of fix?
Radar fix
One degree equals?
60 NM
What is course?
Intended direction of travel
What is heading?
ACTUAL direction vessel is traveling.
What is dead reckoning?
Approximate position by advancing a previous position accounting for course and speed.
What defines a nautical mile?
Equal to 1 minute of latitude.
How many degrees of latitude?
0 degrees - 90 degrees North/South
How many degrees of longitude?
0 degrees - 180 degrees (East/ West)
60 minutes equals?
1 degree
Outermost circle on compass rose?
Oriented true north.
Innermost circle on compass rose?
Magnetic North.
Longitude is measured East/West of?
Prime Meridian (0-180 degrees)
Latitude is measured North or South of?
The equator (0-90 North/ South)
1 minute of latitude is?
1 NM
Title block section of a chart?
“SAPSSD”
Seal
Area covered by chart
Projection
Scale
Sounding information
Datum information
Interval between radar pulses?
Pulse repetition frequency
How does radar differentiate between two vessels on same bearing but different ranges?
Range resolution
What type of radar return is caused by ocean waves?
Sea return
All definitions showing chart symbols and abbreviations are contained in?
Chart No. 1
1NM is equal to how many feet/yards?
6080FT/2000YDS