Article: 20740 of sci.geo.satellite-nav Message-ID: <3CA25DDD.4758BD56@earthlink.net> From: Paul Hirose X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: 'Friendly Fire' Deaths Traced to Dead Battery References: <3CA121FD.5E8A78AF@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 19 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:05:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.213.137 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1017273905 209.86.213.137 (Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:05:05 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:05:05 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!dfw-peer!news.verio.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!nntp.abs.net!dca6-feed2.news.algx.net!allegiance!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:20740 U.S. Army document "The PLGR: Techniques and Procedures Forward Observers Can Use to Bring Rapid, Accurate Indirect Fires to the Close Fight". http://call.army.mil/products/ctc_bull/96-10/chp4.htm Explains PLGR procedure for computing coordinates of a target based on its direction and distance. Somebody asked about mils recently - this is an example. Also is an example of MGRS in combat. An Air Force PLGR page. At the bottom is a link to a "PLGR made simple" tutorial. http://army-gps.robins.af.mil/ue/plgr.htm -- paulhirose@earthlink.net (Paul Hirose)