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Maritime glossary

Geophysical navigation

Also called gravity-map matching, magnetic anomaly navigation, MagNav, terrain-referenced navigation, TRN, geophysical aiding, map-matching navigation

Fixing position by matching measured gravity, magnetic field or seafloor terrain against stored maps, without satellite signals.

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