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The Use of Bisectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Alan Davies
Affiliation:
(British Tanker Company)
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Lieutenant-Commander Bini's interesting paper on the use of bisectors shows the trap open to the believer in the 3-line fix and goes on to show the M.P.P. when four lines are used. However, as the ideal for the four lines is to have each at 90° apart, an error in either one or two lines provides the observer with an ellipse for the M.P.P. and is for practical purposes but a variation of the 3-line cocked hat circle of M.P.P. and little appears to have been gained by the working of the fourth line.

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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1956

References

* Bini, M. (1955). The use of bisectors in selecting the most probable position. This Journal, 8, 195.Google Scholar