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Sailing Directions

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sailing directions [′sāl·iŋ di‚rek·shənz]
(navigation)
coast pilot
Sailing Directions 

(1) The branch of navigation concerned with the study of water basins from the standpoint of navigation conditions.

(2) The name of manuals containing a detailed description of the navigational features of water basins (coasts, bottom configu-ration, navigational hazards and warning systems, hydrological and meteorological conditions, and so on). Sailing directions provide instruction for navigating in the area described (for instance, the Black Sea Sailing Directions). They are issued by the government hydrographic establishments of the various countries.
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Steve Ritchie and Fellow Writers GITC Publishers In synergy with, and yet in stark contrast to the article in this issue on digital mapping, As it Was details some of the history of hydrography and cartography, from the earliest form of sailing directions of the 95 to 130 AD era, known as periploi, to an underwater trilateration survey of offshore oil rig pipe lines carried out in 1976.
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The contract involves the translation into and from English of thousands of Notices to Mariners and Sailing Directions that are issued by governments across the world.
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