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The Navigation Teacher on Windows Pc

Developed By: Lincoln Simpson

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.0
Size 293 KB
Release Date July 11, 14
Category Education Apps

What's New:
Extensive use of more efficient computer program design techniques. [see more]

Description from Developer:
This well presented - on a single screen - application calculates the shortest distance between any two points on Earth - given the latitude and longitude of both points.

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About this app

On this page you can download The Navigation Teacher and install on Windows PC. The Navigation Teacher is free Education app, developed by Lincoln Simpson. Latest version of The Navigation Teacher is 2.0, was released on 2014-07-11 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5. Overall rating of The Navigation Teacher is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install The Navigation Teacher on Windows?

Instruction on how to install The Navigation Teacher on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install The Navigation Teacher on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install The Navigation Teacher using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "The Navigation Teacher" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install The Navigation Teacher on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "The Navigation Teacher" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 2.0.

Download The Navigation Teacher 2.0 on Windows PC – 293 KB

This well presented - on a single screen - application calculates the shortest distance between any two points on Earth - given the latitude and longitude of both points.

This versatile app has many applications. Only some are listed below -

1. Military.
a. secondary mission navigation.
b. indirect weapons targeting ie. artillery and mortar fire,

2. Police crime scene investigation.
a. cell site dump analysis.

3. Civil Engineering.
a. mining exploration.
b. gas exploration.
c. oil exploration.
d. pipeline building.
e. bridge building.

4. Global / local distance and course calculation.
a. useful for airline companies, emergency air services and military air services that need to find the shortest and most cost effective routes.

It does not use GPS. Therefore it is always available, regardless of satellite coverage.

You can obtain coordinates, for start and end destinations either by using Google Earth or Google Search.

You can obtain latitude and longitude for cities, towns etc, by searching Google e.g.
"coordinates for New York, USA".

Google will display the answers, which you can copy and paste into the appropriate fields.

The latitudes and longitudes can be entered as decimal values i.e. 51.67897
or as separate degrees, minutes, seconds fields.

Negative degrees are accepted for southern latitudes and western longitudes, respectively.

The distance is given in both miles and kilometers.

A course from point 1 to point 2 is given in degrees, clockwise from due north.

WorldNav is a very precise and accurate tool.

WorldNav is a practical and easy to use tool that will save you effort, time and money.

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NAVIGATION EXAMPLE 1
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WorldNav Mobile App

Data Entry Rules
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Southern Latitudes (S) are -negative.

Western Longitudes (W) are -negative.

The Journey
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Search Google
"coordinates for Bristol, UK"

Bristol, UK
51.4500 N, 2.5833 W

To

Search Google
"coordinates for Mecca"

Mecca
21.4167 N, 39.8167 E

Enter in WorldNav input fields
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Latitude Longitude
51.4500 -2.5833
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0

21.4167 39.8167
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0

Press the Calculate button.

Results
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Distance = 3,068.3722 miles.
= 4,938.0663 km.

Course = 116.287765 degrees.
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NAVIGATION EXAMPLE 2
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WorldNav Mobile App

Data Entry Rules -
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Southern Latitudes (S) are
-negative.

Western Longitudes (W) are
-negative.


The Journey -
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Search Google
"coordinates for Wells, Somerset, UK"

Wells, Somerset, UK
51.2073 N, 2.6519 W

To

Search Google
"coordinates for Kingston, Jamaica"

Kingston, Jamaica
17.9833 N, 76.8000 W


Enter in WorldNav input fields
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Latitude Longitude
51.2073 -2.6519
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0

17.9833 -76.8000
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0

Press the Calculate button.

Results -
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Distance = 4,571.489 miles.
= 7,357.098 km.

Course = 269.432 degrees.
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Extensive use of more efficient computer program design techniques.