Samenvatting

Description of the evolution of navigation from a restricted field of application (nautical) and executed by a select group of navigators working in almost splendid isolation to a wide field of application (nautical, aeronautical, CRM) executed by groups of people sharing different knowledge and skills working as a team. This evolution has not yet come to an end. Since the beginning of the satellite navigation era navigation tends to become more and more common property. Civil (TomTom) as well as military (Battle Field Management Systems) applications on the level of a single person have been introduced on land increasing the field of navigation enormously. It is the ambition of NLDAs Navigation Technology department to serve as a think-tank in the field of navigational education, research, training and policy for the Netherlands armed forces.