GEE (navigation)

GEE (short for "Grid" and pronounced simply as "G") or AMES Type 7000 was a British radio navigation system used during World War II; the ideas in GEE were developed by the Americans into the LORAN system.

Related Topics:
British - Radio navigation - World War II - America - LORAN

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LORAN was used by the US Navy and Royal Navy during World War II, and after the war came into common civilian use world-wide for coastal navigation, until GPS made it obsolete.

Related Topics:
US Navy - Royal Navy - GPS

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