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HORIZONTAL NAVIGATION [20 records]

Record 1 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

An [approach procedure with vertical guidance(APV) ] requiring [wide area augmentation system(WAAS) ], using a final approach segment(FAS) data block, that computes, displays and provides both horizontal and approved vertical approach navigation to minimums as low as a 200-ft ceiling and ½ mile visibility.

OBS

localizer performance with vertical guidance; LPV: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

[Procédure d’approche avec guidage vertical (APV)] nécessitant le [système de renforcement à couverture étendue (WAAS)] et utilisant un bloc de données de segment d’approche finale (FAS) qui calcule, affiche et assure une navigation d’approche horizontale et verticale approuvée à des minimums aussi bas qu’un plafond de 200 pi et une visibilité d’un demi-mille.

OBS

performance d’alignement de piste avec guidage vertical; LPV : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

An [area navigation(RNAV) ] function that calculates, displays and provides horizontal approach navigation without approved vertical guidance.

OBS

lateral navigation; LNAV: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Fonction [de navigation de surface (RNAV)] qui calcule, affiche et assure une navigation d’approche horizontale sans guidage vertical approuvé.

OBS

navigation latérale; LNAV : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

A non-precision approach requiring [wide area augmentation system(WAAS) ], using a final approach segment(FAS) data block that computes, displays, and provides horizontal approach navigation using the horizontal accuracy and integrity of [localizer performance with vertical guidance(LPV) ] without approved vertical guidance.

OBS

localizer performance without vertical guidance; LP: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Approche de non-précision nécessitant le [système de renforcement à couverture étendue (WAAS)] et utilisant un bloc de données de segment d’approche finale (FAS) qui calcule, affiche et assure une navigation d’approche horizontale en utilisant la précision horizontale et l’intégrité de la [performance d’alignement de piste avec guidage vertical (LPV)] sans guidage vertical approuvé.

OBS

performance d’alignement de piste sans guidage vertical; LP : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

In navigation, the horizontal direction of a celestial point from a terrestrial point, expressed as the angular distance from a reference direction, usually measured from 0° at the reference direction clockwise through 360°.

OBS

azimuth: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
CONT

Azimut (d'une direction en un lieu donné) : [...] angle dièdre formé entre les demi-plans limités par la verticale du lieu et contenant respectivement la direction de l'axe Y du repère cartographique (ou le Nord d'un repère géographique ou magnétique) et la direction dont on veut mesurer l'azimut [;] cet angle est mesuré dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre (sens trigonométrique inverse), de 0 à 360°.

CONT

L'image radar est référencée par deux coordonnées, appelées distance (liée au temps de propagation entre l'antenne et le réflecteur) et azimut (liée au numéro de l'impulsion). La résolution en distance est améliorée par compression d'impulsion, la résolution en azimut est améliorée par synthèse d'ouverture.

OBS

azimut : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
DEF

Ángulo que con el meridiano forma el círculo vertical que pasa por un punto de la esfera celeste o del globo terráqueo.

OBS

Puede medir de 0 a 360º.

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Record 5 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

A tower, usually of steel and often used for navigation aids, constructed of open legs with various horizontal and diagonal bracing members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

The periodic tilting of the horizontal platform of an inertial navigation system caused by the vertical misalignment of the platform.

CONT

Schuler oscillations. Characteristic of all inertial navigation systems; it is caused by the fact that computed velocity is used to keep the platform level as the vehicle moves across the earth’s surface, and any error will cause the accelerometer to sense a component of gravity that affects the computed velocity. In other words, a platform results in accelerometers interpreting gravity times tilt as an acceleration. At sea level the period of oscillation is 84.4 min.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

The majority of operational inertial navigation systems used today for terrestrial navigation, mechanize the stable platform in a local-level configuration, in order to establish a reference frame for the navigation computations. This type of mechanization is desirable because it provides geographic latitude, longitude, and heading by integrating directly the horizontal accelerometer outputs.

OBS

mechanization: The process by which the navigation equations are implemented in hardware and software.

OBS

Inertial Error Dynamics. A more refined analysis of the phenomenon of gravity feedback leads to the conclusion that most errors in an INS [inertial navigation system] oscillate with the Schuler period. Such an analysis would consider the particular mechanization of the system - since many errors are most easily described in the mechanized coordinate system, and would consider the effects of all significant errors simultaneously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

automatisation : Suppression totale ou partielle de l'intervention humaine dans l'exécution de tâches diverses [...] L'automatisation s'applique aux tâches les plus simples [...] comme aux plus complexes, telles que la conduite par ordinateur d'une unité chimique ou la gestion automatisée d'un établissement bancaire.

OBS

Principe d'une centrale inertielle. [...] un solide (P) peut être immobilisé avec ses axes constamment alignés sur ceux d'un repère absolu Ra. Un tel solide est appelé plateforme stabilisée.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • automatiser la plate-forme stabilisée

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
DEF

The process by which the navigation equations are implemented in hardware and software.

CONT

The majority of operational inertial navigation systems used today for terrestrial navigation, mechanize the stable platform in a local-level configuration, in order to establish a reference frame for the navigation computations. This type of mechanization is desirable because it provides geographic latitude, longitude, and heading by integrating directly the horizontal accelerometer outputs.

CONT

Inertial Error Dynamics. A more refined analysis of the phenomenon of gravity feedback leads to the conclusion that most errors in an INS oscillate with the Schuler period. Such an analysis would consider the particular mechanization of the system - since many errors are most easily described in the mechanized coordinate system, and would consider the effects of all significant errors simultaneously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
DEF

Emploi de machines, d'automatismes pour la réalisation d'un processus.

DEF

Suppression totale ou partielle de l'intervention humaine dans l'exécution des tâches diverses [...]

OBS

L'automatisation s'applique aux tâches les plus simples [...] comme aux plus complexes, telles que la conduite par ordinateur d'une unité chimique ou la gestion automatisée d'un établissement bancaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Instrumentos de navegación
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Record 9 2002-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Techniques
DEF

A complex system of precise gyroscopes and accelerometers combined with electronics to sense and measure movement.

OBS

Originally designed for navigation and guidance of military aircraft and ships, through continued development and refinement the systems are competitive in remote areas with conventional ground surveying methods for extending horizontal control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'arpentage
OBS

Parmi les techniques plus récentes, l'arpentage inertiel intègre des mesures accélérométriques réalisées sur une plate-forme inertielle positionnée à l'aide de gyroscopes. Il est utilisé en navigation aérienne ou maritime, ainsi que sur des véhicules terrestres et des hélicoptères.

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

The HSI, or Horizontal Navigation Indicator or Pictorial Navigation Indicator, is perhaps one of the most useful although misunderstood instruments around... it combines your directional gyro and Nav indicator into one instrument that reduces pilot workload by providing heading, course reference, course deviation and glide slope information all in one visual aid... You may also consider a slaved HSI. Slaving automatically compensates for gyro heading errors and keeps your HSI in agreement with your compass. It uses a magnetic flux sensor mounted in the wing or tail of your aircraft to sense changes in magnetic heading and sends corrective signals to your HSI.

CONT

Directional Compass... The compass displays the directional heading of the Gizmo in degrees, shown in both analog and digital format. The dial is accurate within 23 degree increments; the digital readout is accurate to smaller values.

CONT

Heading Hold (HH) or Heading Lock. A feature mode of some gyros that stands out by its property to hold the heading of a helicopter and resist the tendency to weathervane. Once trimmed, the tail needs very little input to hold a directional heading, even in high cross-wind conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

La centrale d'attitude et de cap peut être à cardans ou à composants liés [...] et utiliser des gyroscopes mécaniques ou des gyrolasers. Dans le cas d'une centrale à cardans par exemple : un gyroscope à deux axes sensibles maintient la direction de la verticale vraie et matérialise ainsi la position de la ligne d'horizon par rapport aux axes de roulis et de tangage de l'avion, c'est-à-dire ses assiettes; un gyroscope à un axe sensible est utilisé pour maintenir un cap directionnel ou gyromagnétique.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
OBS

The Electronic Flight Display System(EFDS) is an updated version of the Flight Display System(FDS). It is defined as the flight instrument, associated controls, and its interface to the aircraft, and is designed to provide the pilot, co-pilot, or Navigation/Communication(NAV/COMM) Officer with a comprehensive, unambiguous presentation of navigation information adequate for both worldwide tactical and non-tactical navigation. The display unit uses a flat panel domestic Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display(AMLCD). The FDS functionally replaces the P-3 electro-mechanical Horizontal Situation Indicator(ID-1540/A), electro-mechanical Flight Director Indicators(FDI)(ID-1556), selected functions of the Navigation Availability Advisory Lights, and integrates GPS navigation with the flight instruments. Additional information such as navigational aid waypoint locations, GPS annunciation, and FDS status pages are also displayed.

OBS

Collins Avionics... EFD-74... Electronic flight display used in EHSI-74 electronic HSI system.

CONT

Key components of the tripple-redundant system included ... Smiths Industries electronic flight and engine displays.

Key term(s)
  • EED system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

Avionique [...] EFIS Collins Pro Line 4 à six écrans. Système d'affichage des paramètres réacteurs, de mise en garde et d'alarme à deux écrans (EICAS). Double système de gestion de vol 4200.

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

The Electronic Flight Display System(EFDS) is an updated version of the Flight Display System(FDS). It is defined as the flight instrument, associated controls, and its interface to the aircraft, and is designed to provide the pilot, co-pilot, or Navigation/Communication(NAV/COMM) Officer with a comprehensive, unambiguous presentation of navigation information adequate for both worldwide tactical and non-tactical navigation. The display unit uses a flat panel domestic Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display(AMLCD). The FDS functionally replaces the P-3 electro-mechanical Horizontal Situation Indicator(ID-1540/A), electro-mechanical Flight Director Indicators(FDI)(ID-1556), selected functions of the Navigation Availability Advisory Lights, and integrates GPS navigation with the flight instruments. Additional information such as navigational aid waypoint locations, GPS annunciation, and FDS status pages are also displayed.

CONT

Collins Avionics... EFD-74... Electronic flight display used in EHSI-74 electronic HSI system.

CONT

Key components of the tripple-redundant system included ... Smiths Industries electronic flight and engine displays.

Key term(s)
  • EFD system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

Avionique [...] EFIS Collins Pro Line 4 à six écrans. Système d'affichage des paramètres réacteurs, de mise en garde et d'alarme à deux écrans (EICAS). Double système de gestion de vol 4200.

Key term(s)
  • système d'affichage électronique des paramètre de vol
  • système d'affichage électronique des données de vol

Spanish

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Record 13 1989-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • History of Technology
DEF

A Chinese carriage equipped with a direction-keeping device and dating back to 200-300 A.D., possibly earlier.

CONT

South Pointing Carriage is the earliest known example of a land vehicle navigation system.... historical research has only recently established that [it] had nothing to do with magnetism, [but] was based on the principle(now called "the differential odometer") that for a given change in vehicle heading, a vehicle's outer wheels travel a mathematically predictable distance farther than the inner wheels. When changing heading, a gear train driven by an... outer wheel automatically engaged and rotated a horizontal turntable to exactly offset the change in heading... a figure with an outstretched arm mounted on the turntable always pointed in the original direction....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Histoire des techniques

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

A sextant used especially in aerial navigation in which the image of the heavenly body being observed is brought to the edge of a bubble instead of to the sea horizon, the bubble appearing in its proper position in the field of view only when the sextant is held so that its zero plane is the observer's horizontal plane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

Si la précision moyenne du sextant de marine est de l'ordre de la minute (...) celle du sextant à bulle ne dépasse guère 10' (point fait à 15 km près environ).

Spanish

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Record 16 1984-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

The flight-guidance function involves the extraction from the flight plan, and from calculations of performance and navigation information, of the correct instructions by which the automatic flight-control system can fly the aircraft along the best flight path in the horizontal and vertical planes, maintaining the appropriate airspeed and thrust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

Le guidage consiste à élaborer en fonction du plan de vol choisi, et de calculs de performances et de navigation, les ordres destinés aux commandes automatiques de vol pour assurer le suivi d'une trajectoire optimale (horizontalement, verticalement, et en vitesse/poussée).

Spanish

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Record 17 1984-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

grid track: The direction of the track relative to grid north.

DEF

grid course : In grid navigation, the horizontal direction expressed as the angular distance from grid north.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

(...) chacune des directions (cap, route, relèvement) est repérée par rapport à chacun des Nords (Nv, Nm, Nc, Ngy, Ng (nord grille] par l'angle, mesuré de 0 (degré) à 360 (degrés) dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre, entre le Nord et la direction. (...) Les routes sont: la route vraie (Rv), la route magnétique (Rm), la route grille (Rg).

OBS

Le terme «route grille» a été uniformisée par le CUTA opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 18 1981-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The Seattle company states simply that the flight decks of the standard body B. 757 and wide-body B. 767 have a lot in common and will be certificated for a two-man crew. The [Boeing] 757 will be fitted with digital electronic instruments including colour CRT displays. The navigation and automatic flight management systems are also digital. Common to both are an inertial reference system using laser gyroscopes; a CRT presentation of the attitude director indicator and the horizontal situation indicator with an integrated multi-colour map; a flight management computer system; colour CRTs giving engine parameters; and a crew alerting system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

(...) Boeing se borne à indiquer que les postes de pilotage du B.757 à fuselage étroit et du B.767 à fuselage large ont beaucoup d'éléments communs et seront utilisables pour le pilotage à deux. Le B757 sera équipé d'indicateurs électroniques et de systèmes de navigation et de gestion de vol automatique, tous de type numérique. Les postes de pilotage des deux appareils comporteront: une centrale inertielle à gyrolasers, un indicateur TRC de contrôle d'assiette, un indicateur électronique de situation horizontale avec carte intégrée multicolore, un calculateur de gestion de vol, des indicateurs TRC couleurs fournissant les paramètres moteurs et un système d'alerte de l'équipage.

Spanish

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Record 19 1981-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The Seattle company states simply that the flight decks of the standard body B. 757 and wide-body B. 767 have a lot in common and will be certificated for a two-man crew. The [Boeing] 757 will be fitted with digital electronic instruments including colour CRT displays. The navigation and automatic flight management systems are also digital. Common to both are an inertial reference system using laser gyroscopes; a CRT presentation of the attitude director indicator and the horizontal situation indicator with an integrated multi-colour map; a flight management computer system; colour CRTs giving engine parameters; and a crew alerting system.

Key term(s)
  • integrated multi-color map

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

(...) Boeing se borne à indiquer que les postes de pilotage du B.757 à fuselage étroit et du B.767 à fuselage large ont beaucoup d'éléments communs et seront utilisables pour le pilotage à deux. Le B.757 sera équipé d'indicateurs électroniques et de systèmes de navigation et de gestion de vol automatique, tous de type numérique. Les postes de pilotage des deux appareils comporteront: une centrale inertielle à gyrolasers, un indicateur TRC de contrôle d'assiette, un indicateur électronique de situation horizontale avec carte intégrée multicolore, un calculateur de gestion de vol; des indicateurs TRC couleurs fournissant les paramètres moteurs et un système d'alerte de l'équipage.

Spanish

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Record 20 1980-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The horizontal situation indicator(HSI) group provides an azimuth display of navigation information on the pilot's, copilot's, and NAVCOM HSI's.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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