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Cartman
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Member # 256

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It occured to me that a 360 by 360 coordinate system is (should be?) way too inprecise for galactic distances of several lightyears. Wouldn't it be more advantageous to use a 360.000 by 360.000 measurement?(as even a course deviation of one degree would result in a ship ending up lightyears from where it should arrive)

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Ritten
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Member # 417

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Even that is off, if you were to use the mil system that would give you 6400.0000 by 3200.0000.
17.888 mils per degree.

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Lee
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Member # 393

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What would be the point? Fact is, constant course changes are necessary to avoid obstacles anyway. So you just set out on a bearing using the 360 by 360 system, and keep adjusting until you're going in the right direction.

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Aban Rune
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Which is why Seven was able to save the Voyager crew several years by plotting a new course. Presumably, she avoided obsticles in a different way and made more precision calculations.

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