A pretty good mini-tutorial re GPS

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Dec 1, 1999
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Hunter 28.5 Chesapeake Bay
This is a pretty good tutorial about GPS and paper charts by Chuck Husick as posted on the BoatUS website.
 

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Warren, That is very good advise and a

nice look at the future. Most of the bench marks used of map and chart making are established on land and everything on the water take its position reletive to the bench marks. I can remember reading that during world war 2 some navy navigators determined the some of the island harbors were charted several miles from their actual positions. I think that in the days of sailing ships if you got close enough to see it that was good enough.
 
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