azimuth finder

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• Azimuth — (Audio IPA|lang=US English|en us azimuth.ogg|ˈæzɪməθ) is a mathematical concept defined as the angle, usually measured in degrees (°), between a reference plane and a point. This concept is used in many practical applications including navigation …   Wikipedia

• Depression position finder — A DPF (left) and an azimuth scope (right) in use. A depression position finder (DPF) is an observation instrument that was used in the fire control system of the U.S. Coast Artillery to locate targets in range and/or azimuth as part of the… …   Wikipedia

• Osborne Fire Finder — An Osborne Fire Finder device used in fire lookout towers. The Osborne Fire Finder is a type of alidade used by fire lookouts in order to find a directional bearing (azimuth) to smoke in order to alert fire crews to a wildland fire. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Radio direction finder — Civil Air Patrol members practice using a handheld radio direction finder to locate an emergency locator transmitter …   Wikipedia

• Sat finder — A Sat finder is a satellite signal meter used to accurately point satellite dishes at communications satellites in geostationary orbit. ee also*Azimuth *Elevation *F connectorExternal links* [http://www.appliedin.com/www/products/SuperBuddy.html… …   Wikipedia

• Compass — This article is about the direction finding instrument used in navigation. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A simple dry magnetic pocket compass …   Wikipedia

• navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …   Universalium

• Bearing (navigation) — This article is about the navigational term. For other uses, see Bearing. A standard Brunton Geo compass, used commonly by geologists and surveyors to obtain a bearing in the field. In marine navigation, a bearing is the direction one object is… …   Wikipedia

• History of radar — The history of radar starts with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects. This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell s seminal work on electromagnetism.… …   Wikipedia

• Intercept method — The Intercept Method , or Marcq St Hilaire method , as it is also rather inaccurately known, is an astronomical navigation method of calculating an observer s position on earth. It was originally called the azimuth intercept method because the… …   Wikipedia

• Defence Research and Development Organisation — Sanskrit: बलस्य मूलं विज्ञानम् Strength s Origin is in Science [1] Agency overvi …   Wikipedia