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vehicle, a human stick figure, or an “X” depending on
the selected operation mode.
Identifier: A name, typically abbreviated, assigned to a
waypoint. The identifier may consist of numbers and
alpha characters, up to six in length. For example, the
airport identifier for Los Angeles International Airport is
LAX.
IFR: Instrument Flight Rules
INT
(Intersection):
A
point
defined
by
any
combination of courses, radials, or bearings of two or
more navigational aids.
Kt (Knot): A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile
per hour.
LAT (Latitude): Any line circling the earth parallel to
the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds
north and south of the equator.
LON (Longitude): Any line from the north to the south
pole, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a
circle, east or west of the Prime Meridian, which runs
approximately through Greenwich, England.
Magnetic North: The region, some distance from the
geographic north pole where the earth’s magnetic lines
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