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| The Perils of Chart Plotters: Common Mistakes and Assumptions |
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Friday, April 16, 2010 |
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4:30 PM |
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Portside |
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Tuuli Messer-Bookman, Author's Corner |
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| Speaker Bio: |
Capt. Messer-Bookman is a tenured, full professor at the California Maritime Academy, where she teaches all aspects of navigation. She also teaches for the US Power Squadron and offers navigation seminars at KKMI boatyard. She is a licensed USCG Master (unlimited tonnage-oceans) and has sailed over 300,000 sea miles world-wide, as a merchant marine officer. Her articles have appeared in Pacific Maritime Magazine, Workboat, and Professional Mariner. Her book "The Master's Handbook on Ship's Business" is used as a text at maritime academies nationwide. Her latest book, "Close Quarters: A Woman's Guide to Living and Working in Masculine Environments" is due out in 2010. She and her husband own a 46' cruising ketch. |
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| Details: |
This one-hour seminar will focus on common misunderstandings regarding electronic charts, plotters, and GPS. Learn the difference between vector and raster formats, their benefits and shortcomings - chart datums and why they matter - chart quilting - the dangers of inappropriate scale - correcting electronic charts - the difference between GPS, DGPS and WAAS - why paper charts are still essential safety gear. |
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