Celestial Navigation Revisited

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by JeromeHeretic

Lighthouses are common in navy map of course. With height over the sea level for triangulation of distance (not possible in SH3, because height can be measured only on locked object and is possibly lock only boat).
In reality are almanac of lighthouses, with specifications about lighting (lighthouses are flashing in different colors and patterns).
So in reality navigator is not marking lighthouses to the map. In reality they are allready printed on the map...

JH is correct. Any good nautical CHART (they're not MAPS!) would have all prewar navaids printed on it. Of course, that prewar data might not be accurate any more....

As for determining the height of an object other than a ship, the R/L sub crews used the graticle markings of the 'scope or UZO. That's what they're there for. According to Hitman, there never was a stadimeter in U-boats built during the war. If you use one of his "Hitman Optics" mods, you will quickly get used to estimating heights with the graticle. It works well enough to give good firing solutions, is quicker than the stadimeter, and doesn't require a positive ID of the target. AND, it's the way the prototypical U-boat crews did it.