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navigation

vr.tr.navigation · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain navigation methods and instruments, support route planning and safe wayfinding, explain navigation standards and rules, and describe navigation history.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain navigation methods and instruments, support route planning and safe wayfinding, explain navigation standards and rules, and describe navigation history.

The skill and process of determining position and planning and following a route from one place to another, on land, at sea, in the air and in space, using methods from wayfinding and map reading to celestial, radio and satellite navigation such as GNSS; navigation is a professional discipline with standards and instruments and an everyday activity supported by digital maps.

What it is for: Finding position and reaching destinations.

It can be explain navigation methods; support route planning and wayfinding; explain instruments and satellite systems; address navigation safety.

Distinguishing features

Position and route

Many methods

Professional and everyday

Standards and rules

What it looks like

Not physical; a skill using maps, instruments and signals.

How it is recognised

Determining position and course

Maps, compasses and satellite receivers

Cartography makes maps; navigation uses them

Related models

is a kind of - category

skill

uses - aids

navigational aid

uses - GNSS

artificial satellite

is related to - reference points

benchmark

In practice

Families and kinds

marine navigation

air navigation

land navigation and wayfinding

satellite navigation with GNSS

celestial and radio navigation

Standards and regulation

COLREGs and SOLAS for marine navigation

ICAO standards for air navigation

Standards for GNSS and charts

Failure modes and hazards

Getting lost and groundings

Over-reliance on satellite navigation

Chart and datum errors

Also called

tactical air navigation systemLNAVwayfindingloxodromic navigationsynchronized navigationradio navigationair navigationdead reckoningposition fixingGreat-circle navigationhybrid navigationspatial navigationmarine navigationanimal navigationspace navigationland navigationrobot navigationdiver navigationPolynesian navigationorthodromic navigationNavaglobemultilaterationAtmospheric station-keepingpilotagenavigation aid calibrationdead reckoning in the airdead reckoning on the seaFudaraku tokaimaritime pilotageIce navigationcruisingmarine pilotagerepositioning cruise

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Methods How to navigate.

Position and course.

Position

Fixing position.

Position

Position.

  1. How can position be determined here, by map and compass, landmarks, GNSS or celestial methods? action
  2. What are the sources of error? boundary

Route

Planning a route.

Route

Route.

  1. How should a route be planned and followed for this journey, including bearings and waypoints? action
  2. What is the difference between rhumb lines and great circles? definition
Domains Navigation by setting.

Rules differ.

Marine

At sea.

Marine

Marine navigation.

  1. Which rules, charts and aids apply to marine navigation here? provenance
  2. Is a vessel in difficulty now? boundary

Air

In the air.

Air

Air navigation.

  1. How does air navigation use systems such as LNAV, TACAN and GNSS under ICAO standards? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific system? action
Tools Instruments and systems.

From compass to satellite.

GNSS

Satellite navigation.

GNSS

Satellite navigation.

  1. How does satellite navigation work, and what are its limits and vulnerabilities such as jamming? definition
  2. Which systems are available? provenance

Traditional

Traditional methods.

Traditional

Traditional methods.

  1. How do compass, dead reckoning and celestial navigation work as backups? definition
  2. How can they be learned? action
Learn Skills and history.

Training.

Training

Learning navigation.

Training

Training.

  1. Which courses and qualifications teach navigation for this setting? provenance
  2. How can wayfinding skills be practised safely? action

History

History of navigation.

History

History.

  1. How did navigation develop, from Polynesian wayfinding to satellite systems, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which innovations were key? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each navigation domain be a separate entry?
  • How should chart and map sources be linked?
  • How should safety rules be localised?
Draft as JSON