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http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/learn_diff_map_chart.html http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/learn_diff_map_chart.... Aeronautical charts extrapolat
by jsmthrowaway 12y ago
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/learn_diff_map_chart.html http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/learn_diff_map_chart....
Aeronautical charts extrapolate from this because being in command of an aircraft is really just commanding a different kind of vessel. Port, starboard, manifest, fix, captain, first officer, and hull are all valid aviation terms, for example, with roots in the sea. A chart is not a map.
- innguest 12y agoThank you! I'd have trouble explaining to someone what the precise difference is but now I can wear my consequentialist hat and explain that they are different because they are used differently.