单词 | geonavigation |
释义 | > as lemmasgeonavigation geonavigation n. Brit. /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)navᵻˈɡeɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˌnævəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ the practice of navigating by means of reference to features on the surface of the earth; contrasted with celestial navigation.ΚΠ 1872 Naval Sci. 1 120 For these two methods the terms geo-navigation and celo-navigation have been proposed. 1948 Sci. Monthly Oct. 257/2 All navigation by observations made upon objects within the coordinate frame of meridians and parallels is lumped together under ‘geonavigation’. 1990 Computer Vision, Graphics, & Image Processing 51 38 Fixing ship position by geographical matching, namely, identifying features in the scene observed from the ship with objects on the chart, has been known as ‘geo-navigation’. < as lemmas |
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