Yes.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I think I need this
WILTON wrote:
OK, I saw the key two words the second time I read it - "in part." Sun
can give you only ONE "line of positions" (LOP) - a huge circle on the
earth; ya gotta know about where ya are for this info to be any good, i.
e. - dead reckoning (RD), for example - projecting info from last known
position to reckon/guess present position. Using old info plus sun LOP,
you can reckon/guess a "most probable position" MPP - lot better than
nothing and is "neat," anyway - handheld astrotracker. Now, if it could
track stars --. ;<)
Well, if you know the time, date, and position of the sun...
I can imagine the car knowing the time and date to some fraction of a
second, but would it know the angle of the sun well enough to locate
itself within 200 miles or so?
Mitch.
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