The Maritime Navigator and His Use of Improved Aids to Navigation

W. J. Brogdon Jr.

Abstract:	This paper examines the factors affecting marine navigators as they adapt to new systems of aids to navigation, and to new equipment for existing systems. It examines the gap between system and equipment design and its use by practical navigators , and discusses ways to develop more usable pieces of equipment. It is based on experience introducing new systems, training people in using them, and numerous conversations with navigators, equipment designers, and system engineers in the course of research for the author's writing on the subject of navigation and in his Coast Guard career.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1988) June 21 - 23, 1988 U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland
Pages:	1 - 6
Cite this article:	Brogdon, W. J., Jr., "The Maritime Navigator and His Use of Improved Aids to Navigation," Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1988), Annapolis, Maryland, June 1988, pp. 1-6.
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