course plotting
Charting a path
Course plotting is the process of determining and marking a route on a map or chart, especially for ships or aircraft.
The term applies to navigation generally—calculating waypoints, accounting for currents or winds, and establishing the path from origin to destination.
Figuratively, it describes strategic planning: She spent the weekend course plotting her career move.
- navigationDetermining position and course
- chartingRecording data visually
- chart roomShip's navigation workspace
- star chartDiagram of celestial bodies
- waypointNavigation reference location
compass · true north · trajectory · flight path · great circle · route · mapping · bearing · heading · nautical · nautical mile · helm · steer · GPS · destination · voyage · expedition · open water
course plottingwandering aimlessly
Moving without purpose or goal
drifting · roaming · meandering · wandering · straying
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