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I understand how “Lion” converts to 52 using the major system, and think I figured out how I was looking at the format incorrectly.
I inadvertently was starting the letter column counting down with 1 instead of zero… 
If anyone is interested in providing me guidance, I have a lot of numbers I need to memorize fairly quickly.
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When you say:
Do you mean that you have a deadline for memorizing some specific number-related things and retaining them long-term? Or are you talking more like competition style where you are trying to be able to quickly memorize random numbers and aren’t worried about long term retention?
There can be different approaches depending on what your goal is.
Can you give some more specifics and maybe examples of what you need to memorize?
Absolutely, any help is appreciated. The goal is to memorize quickly, then dump the information to memorize another set.
I have to draw nautical charts from memory, and the first chart level of accuracy is 1mm on all positions. There is 6 charts, and I have 90 days to complete them all once I start.
I have all of the numbers pulled, along with other items I need to know. I can share this if it will help.
Is this simply a list of individual numbers that if you can recall them accurately and in the proper sequence, you will have everything you need?
If so, then it really depends on how many digits per entry and how many total entries there are.
If there is additional non-numerical data that you need to draw on from memory, then multiple approaches may be needed…
Just curious… does this HAVE to be from memory? I would imagine that if these are at all being relied on for safety or navigation that everyone would want to ensure they are as accurate as possible, and if you have the data available to reference, why not use it directly rather than rely on memory? Unless this is for a test or qualification of some kind where the rules are that you must go from memory, I would simplify this process and just work directly off of the information.
@Josh Maybe this discussion can be moved to a new thread as we’ve veered off-topic quite a bit?
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It has to be from memory for the test.
I tried to post examples of what the information looks like but recieved this error.
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I can start a new thread, just let me know if there is somewhere specific.
I’ve split it to this new topic.
Try again now, and let me know if it doesn’t work.
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Thank you @Josh for the assistance. I appreciate it.
I am currenly working on getting all the data into excel from notes so I can double check everything I have pulled from the chart. Should have this done today.
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@TheHumanTim , does the pictures help?
Not really, sorry. I have no context as to what you need to do with data or how it would be organized to recall it in a way that would be useful for the test. There are number and letter mnemonic systems that let you translate those cells into concrete imagery and there are memory palaces or peg lists that allow you to recall them in the proper order. The solution would be to use those approaches to reproduce the tables mentally, but I don’t really know how to advise on a good way to organize that since that info really doesn’t mean anything to me. You will need to determine what your ideal recall looks like and then work back from there to encode the information into that format.