independent navigation

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• 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

• Galileo (satellite navigation) — Galileo is a global navigation satellite system currently being built by the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA). The €3.4 billion project is an alternative and complementary to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and the… …   Wikipedia

• Compass navigation system — For navigation with a magnetic compass, see compass. Comparison of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Compass (medium earth orbit) satellite navigation system orbits with the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope and Iridium constellat …   Wikipedia

• Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company — The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR N) was a railroad that operated a rail network of 1,143 miles (1,839 km) of track running east from Portland, Oregon, United States to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern… …   Wikipedia

• GPS navigation device — Bicycle navigation with Gosmore, an open source routing software, on a personal navigation assistant with free map data from OpenStreetMap. A GPS navigation device is any device that receives Global Positioning System (GPS) signals for the… …   Wikipedia

• Inertial navigation system — An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors to continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a vehicle without the need for external references …   Wikipedia

• Magellan Navigation — Type Private Industry Technology Founded 1986 …   Wikipedia

• Beidou navigation system — (CJKV|s=北斗导航系统|p=běidǒu dǎoháng xìtǒng) or Beidou Satellite Navigation and Positioning System (CJKV|s=北斗卫星导航定位系统|p=běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng dìngwèi xìtǒng) is a project by China to develop an independent satellite navigation system. The current… …   Wikipedia

• Illawarra Steam Navigation Company — The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company serviced the south coast of New South Wales, Australia from the 1850s to the 1950s. Passengers travelled to and from Sydney with pigs and produce for company and it was known as the Pig and Whistle Line… …   Wikipedia

• List of Independent Administrative Institutions (Japan) — identifies a number of government created entities in Japan which operate independently from the government bureaucracy.Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: [http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e fellow/list host.html List of Independent… …   Wikipedia

• The China Navigation Co. — The China Navigation Company Limited is a merchant shipping company based in Hong Kong in China. It was founded by John Swire to offer paddle steamer services on the Yangtze. [1] By the early 1870s John Samuel Swire was convinced that there was… …   Wikipedia