Aids to navigation

found: Kerchove, René de. International maritime dictionary. 2nd ed. 1961("Aid to navigation. A charted mark to assist navigators, such as buoys, beacons, lights, radio beacons, and the like. Generally, any information published for the assistance of mariners.")

found: Wikipedia, July 22, 2008:Navigational aid page ("A navigational aid (also known as aid to navigation, ATON, or navaid) is any sort of marker which aids the traveler in navigation; the term is most commonly used to refer to nautical or aviation travel. Common types ... include lighthouses, buoys, fog signals, and day beacons. According to the glossary of terms in the United States Coast Guard Light list, an Aid to Navigation is any device external to a vessel or aircraft specifically intended to assist navigators in determining their position or safe course, or to warn them of dangers or obstructions to navigation")