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GPS and electronic navigation

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Bowditch Ch. 1 §101

Bowditch Ch. 1 §101 — Introduction to Marine Navigation Marine navigation is the art and science of determining a vessel's position and conducting it safely from one point to another. Its four primary methods are dead reckoning, piloting, celestial, and electronic — modern voyages combine all four with electronic navigation as the principal real-time reference and the others as cross-checks.

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Bowditch Ch. 1 §101 identifies four primary methods of marine navigation. Which of the following correctly lists all four?

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