Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
navegación plana
English translation:
Plane sailing
Added to glossary by
Peter Guest
Oct 20, 2022 18:03
1 yr ago
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Spanish term
navegación plana
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Navigation
The name of one section of a navigation course
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | Plane sailing |
Peter Guest
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| 4 | dead-reckoning |
Jennifer Levey
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Change log
Oct 25, 2022 13:29: Peter Guest Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Peter Guest
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Plane sailing
This is navigation suitable for distances up to about 500 miles and uses basic plane geometry to calculate the position. Excellent for flat earthers who would probably eschew spherical navigation as a conspiracy of the Illuminati.
The name is sometimes used to cover coastal navigation techniques for fixing the position such as transits, doubling the angle on the bow, taking bearings on 3 fixed objects and eyeball navigation. The idea is that it is a compendium of techniques that excludes spherical trigonometry, so it's PLANE sailing. PLAIN sailing has quite a different meaning.
the second link has a pdf from Peru that describes plane sailing and coastal navigation techniques under the heading Navigación Plana.
The name is sometimes used to cover coastal navigation techniques for fixing the position such as transits, doubling the angle on the bow, taking bearings on 3 fixed objects and eyeball navigation. The idea is that it is a compendium of techniques that excludes spherical trigonometry, so it's PLANE sailing. PLAIN sailing has quite a different meaning.
the second link has a pdf from Peru that describes plane sailing and coastal navigation techniques under the heading Navigación Plana.
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dead-reckoning
http://wiki.lamarencalma.com/index.php?title=TÉCNICAS_DE_NAV...
La navegación por estima, también llamada Navegación considerando la tierra Plana, cuando la distancia entre el lugar de salida y el de llegada es menor de ...
and navegación por estima is '(navigation by) dead-reckoning' in English.
En este tipo de navegación por estima, el rover actuó como debería, que era retroceder de la roca una vez que supo que estaba [...]
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In this type of dead reckoning, the rover performed just as it should have, which was to back off the rock once it knew [...]
http://oarval.org/missionsrsp1.htm (found here: https://www.linguee.com/spanish-english/translation/navegaci... )
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Note added at 13 mins (2022-10-20 18:17:01 GMT)
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Also here (amongst others...):
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=nav...
La navegación por estima, también llamada Navegación considerando la tierra Plana, cuando la distancia entre el lugar de salida y el de llegada es menor de ...
and navegación por estima is '(navigation by) dead-reckoning' in English.
En este tipo de navegación por estima, el rover actuó como debería, que era retroceder de la roca una vez que supo que estaba [...]
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In this type of dead reckoning, the rover performed just as it should have, which was to back off the rock once it knew [...]
http://oarval.org/missionsrsp1.htm (found here: https://www.linguee.com/spanish-english/translation/navegaci... )
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Note added at 13 mins (2022-10-20 18:17:01 GMT)
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Also here (amongst others...):
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=nav...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Seth Phillips
3 hrs
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| disagree |
Peter Guest
: This is merely one of the many ways of getting an idea where you are. This simply multiplies the apparent distant run along a supposed course. Plane sailing is far more comprehensive.
3 hrs
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| neutral |
philgoddard
: I've checked this, and Peter is right.
14 hrs
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