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Backstaff
Navigational instrument
BeiDou
Chinese satellite navigation system
Cardinal direction
Directions of north, east, south and west
Celestial navigation
Navigation using astronomical objects to determine position
COMPASS
Acronym for COMPrehensive ASSembler; any of a family of macro assembly languages on Control Data Corporation's 3000 series, and on the 60-bit CDC 6000 series, 7600 and Cyber 70 and 170 series mainframe computers
Dead reckoning
Process of calculating one's current position by using a previously determined position
Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
Experimental tokamak
F.C. Copenhagen
Professional football club in Copenhagen, Denmark
Galileo (satellite navigation)
Global navigation satellite system
Global Positioning System
United States satellite navigation system
GLONASS
Russian satellite navigation system
Gyroscope
Device for measuring or maintaining orientation and direction
Jacob's staff
Calibrated wooden rod with sliding crosspiece used for measuring the altitude of celestial bodies or the height of distant objects
Navigation (journal)
Academic journal
Octant (instrument)
Measuring instrument used primarily in navigation; type of reflecting instrument
Quadrant (instrument)
Navigation instrument
Radar
Object detection system using radio waves
Satellite navigation
Use of satellite signals for geo-spatial positioning
Satellite navigation device
Device that determines its position by analyzing GPS satellite signals
Sextant
Tool for angle measurement
Sonar
Technique that uses sound propagation
South
One of the four cardinal directions
West
One of the four cardinal directions