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The professional who knew where you were before satellites snitched on everyone.
means A person who plans and directs the course of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, especially using maps, instruments, and the stars.
from From Latin navigare, 'to sail,' itself a marriage of navis 'ship' and agere 'to drive' — so a navigator is literally a ship-driver. The same navis sails through 'navy,' 'naval,' and even 'nave,' the long ship-shaped body of a church. English picked up 'navigator' in the late 16th century, the great age of charts and dead reckoning, when knowing your position was a matter of survival rather than a phone notification.
old salarySkilled navigators earned more than ship captains historically
sky mathUsed sextant and stars to fix position at sea
dead reckoningGuessed position from speed, time, and heading alone
web ghostNetscape Navigator basically invented the modern browser
polynesianCrossed the Pacific using wave patterns and birds