Ship’s position by Long by Chron and Merpass: Here is how to get it

The World has evolved enormously and so has the technology. Google has mapped the world so extensively that you can literally put the house number of a friend and google map will take you to entrance door of his house. When the world has become so advanced it looks so outdated to talk about things like sextant. But anything that works independant of any external resource will be valued for ages to come. Sextant is one such equipment on board the ships. And because it is independant of any external resource, you still have it on board. And because it is going to be there for long time, it is time that we know it better. I have written a couple of articles on sextant and how it helps to get the ship's position. Article such as How do we get ship’s position by star sight ? How a Marine Sextant Helps in Getting Ship Position ? In this post, I will discuss about getting ship's position by Sun sight. Let us begin. 1. Getting the DR position The first thing that we must know is our DR position. We cannot expect to suddenly land ourself in the middle of the sea. We must be aware of our whereabout. To know the DR position of the vessel, we just get the last known position of the ship and apply our course and speed to that position to get the present DR position. This is not so dif...