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{{Short description|Crew position responsible for navigation of an aircraft or vessel}} {{Other uses|Navigator (disambiguation)}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2024}} [[File:Motte-Picquet-Navigation.jpg|thumb|A navigator]] [[File:180423-N-DL434-149 (27894845758).jpg|thumb|U.S. Navy personnel practice using a sextant as part of a celestial navigation training, 2018]] A '''navigator''' is the person on board a ship or aircraft responsible for its [[navigation]].<ref name="FrancoFlyers.org-2008.10.14">Grierson, Mike. [http://www.francoflyers.org/2008/10/aviation-histor.html Aviation History—Demise of the Flight Navigator], FrancoFlyers.org website, October 14, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2014.</ref> The navigator's primary responsibility is to be aware of ship or aircraft position at all times. Responsibilities include planning the journey, advising the [[Captain (nautical)|ship's captain]] or aircraft commander of estimated timing to destinations while en route, and ensuring hazards are avoided. The navigator is in charge of maintaining the aircraft or ship's [[nautical chart]]s, [[nautical publications]], and navigational equipment, and they generally have responsibility for meteorological equipment and communications. With the advent of [[satellite navigation]], the effort required to accurately determine one's position has decreased by orders of magnitude, so the entire field has experienced a revolutionary transition since the 1990s with traditional navigation tasks, like performing [[celestial navigation]], being used less frequently. Using multiple independent position fix methods without solely relying on electronic systems subject to failure helps the navigator detect errors. Professional mariners are still proficient in traditional piloting and celestial navigation.
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