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speed are not included. The calculated positions may therefore
differ from positions obtained from dedicated Decca receivers by
several hundred meters.
DEFAULT
A condition that the navigator assumes automatically if no other
condition is initiated by the operator.
DEVIATION (COMPASS)
Magnetic compass reading error due to local magnetic field influ-
ences.
DGPS
See DIFFERENTIAL GPS.
DIFFERENTIAL GPS (DGPS)
A method of refining GPS position solution accuracy by modifying
the locally computed position solution with correction signals from
an external reference GPS CDU (monitor).
DILUTION OF PRECISION (DOP)
A figure of merit for the quality of GPS-derived position and clock
bias estimates, based on the geometry of the selected satellite con-
stellation. The smaller the DOP, the less the magnification of the
range measurement error into position and clock bias errors. Gen-
erally, the more spread out the satellites, the lower the DOP. The
most common DOPs are as follows:
HDOP - Horizontal dilution of precision.
GDOP - Geometric dilution of precision.
PDOP - Position dilution of precision.
VDOP - Vertical dilution of precision.
EARTH FLATTENING COEFFICIENT
See COEFFICIENT OF EARTH FLATTENING.
ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System)
EDIT
To modify existing display data via the keyboard.
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