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World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea
interestingengineering.com/innovation/gravnav-10-times-more-accurate-quantum-sensorsposted in Technology
World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea
interestingengineering.com/innovation/gravnav-10-times-more-accurate-quantum-sensorsReplying to @Gsus4@mander.xyz
Using quantum sensors, the company achieved ten times the accuracy of conventional satellite-based navigation systems, while maintaining the one nautical mile positioning accuracy.
Don’t we use GPS accurate to within centimeters for construction?
Replying to @ramenshaman@lemmy.world
Yes and no. They often use GPS assisted by beacons. Those beacons are often set up using both high quality GPS but also surveying tools, and you might have seen markers in the ground on cities which was placed using very well calibrated tools so it has a well known very precise precision. Those beacons are easier to track for other machinery because they are so much closer so the radio signal is much clearer and angular precision is much better