Editing Navigation (section)

==Standards, training and organisations==

Professional standards for navigation depend on the type of navigation and vary by country. For marine navigation, [[Merchant Navy]] [[Deck department|deck officers]] are trained and internationally certified according to the [[STCW Convention]].<ref name="STCW">{{cite book |title=Standards of Training and Certification of Watchkeeping' (STCW) Convention |publisher= [[International Maritime Organization]]|date= 2010 }}</ref> Leisure and amateur mariners may undertake lessons in navigation at local/regional training schools. [[Navy|Naval]] officers receive navigation training as part of their naval training.

In land navigation, courses and training is often provided to young persons as part of general or extra-curricular education. Land navigation is also an essential part of army training. Additionally, organisations such as the [[Scouting|Scouts]] and [[The Duke of Edinburgh's Award|DoE programme]] teach navigation to their students. [[Orienteering]] organisations are a type of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.orienteering.ca/about_orienteering.htm
 |title       = About Orienteering
 |publisher   = The Canadian Orienteering Federation
 |access-date  = 2008-08-11
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081002091244/http://www.orienteering.ca/about_orienteering.htm
 |archive-date = 2008-10-02
}}</ref>

In aviation, pilots undertake [[air navigation]] training as part of learning to fly.

Professional organisations also assist to encourage improvements in navigation or bring together navigators in learned environments. The [[Royal Institute of Navigation]] (RIN) is a [[learned society]] with charitable status, aimed at furthering the development of navigation on land and sea, in the air and in space. It was founded in 1947 as a forum for mariners, pilots, engineers and academics to compare their experiences and exchange information.<ref>{{Cite journal|year=2016|title=The Royal Institute of Navigation - Aims and Objects|journal=Journal of Navigation|volume=69|issue=66|pages= b1–b2 }}</ref> In the US, the [[Institute of Navigation]] (ION) is a non-profit professional organisation advancing the art and science of positioning, navigation and timing.<ref name="ION">{{cite web
 | title =  The Institute of Navigation
 | url = https://www.ion.org/about/index.cfm
 | access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>

===Publications===
[[File:Bowditch 1910 Figure 2 Compass Rose navigatorpracti00bowdrich 0021.jpg|thumb|right|An illustration showing a compass used for navigation from Bowditch's American Practical Navigator]]
Numerous [[nautical publications]] are available on navigation, which are published by professional sources all over the world. In the UK, the [[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office]], the [[Witherby Publishing Group]] and the [[Nautical Institute]] provide numerous navigational publications, including the comprehensive Admiralty Manual of Navigation.<ref name="Manual of Navigation">{{cite web
 | title =  The Admiralty Manual of Navigation
 | publisher = The Nautical Institute
 | url = https://www.nautinst.org/shop/the-admiralty-manual-of-navigation-vol-1-principles-of-navigation.html
 | access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Navigation, Witherbys">{{cite web
 | title =  Navigation Publications
 | publisher = Witherby Publishing Group
 | url = https://www.witherbyseamanship.com/categories/navigation.html
 | access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>

In the US, [[Bowditch's American Practical Navigator]] is a free available encyclopedia of navigation issued by the US Government.<ref name="Bowditch1">{{cite web
 | title =  The American Practical Navigator
 | url = https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Practical_Navigator
 | access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>