NorthStar 958 Operator's Manual page 215

great circle
HDOP
heading
latitude
leg-up
longitude
Loran-C
loran chain
loran receiver
magnetic variation
958 Operator's Manual, Rev. A
Shortest possible path between two points on the surface of a
sphere.
GRI
Group Repetition Interval. The characteristic identifying
period of signals emitted by each loran transmitting chain. The
identifier 9960 (Northeast US) indicates that the gap between
the start of any two adjacent master signals is 99,600
microseconds long.
Horizontal Dilution of Precision.
The compass direction toward which the longitudinal axis of a
vessel points.
knot
One nautical mile per hour.
Imaginary lines on the earth's surface running East/West and
expressed in degrees (0-90) north or south of the Equator.
Used with the North/South lines of longitude to determine
position.
leg
The line, or path, between any two adjacent waypoints in a
route.
An orientation of the CHART screen in which the viewing
angle matches your desired track when navigating, on a
leg-by-leg basis.
Imaginary lines on the Earth's surface running North/South
and expressed in degrees (0-180) east or west of the Prime
Meridian (a line running from the North to South Pole, passing
through Greenwich, England).
LOng RAnge Navigation. A system of land-based radio
transmitters emitting precisely timed pulses that are received
and translated into position "fixes" by a loran receiver. The 958
can convert and display its GPS coordinates into Loran-C
position measurements, or TDs.
A group of loran transmitters comprising a master station and
at least two secondary stations.
An electronic position finding device that receives pulses from
loran stations.
The difference between magnetic North and true North. Since
the difference varies according to geographic location, the
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