posted in Technology
World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea
interestingengineering.com/innovation/gravnav-10-times-more-accurate-quantum-sensors
Replying to @Gsus4@mander.xyz
The team achieved 10 times better performance than GNSS systems, with a one nautical mile of positioning accuracy.
Variation up to a full nautical mile doesn’t seem very accurate?
Replying to @Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
If I were in the middle of the ocean I couldn’t find my location within 100 nautical miles without GPS so I’m pretty impressed
Replying to @hasnep@lemmy.ml
Then you wouldn’t be the ideal thing to compare this to. An experienced navigator with a couple basic tools could do similarly.
Replying to @kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Okay, so it’s as good as an experienced navigator, that seems pretty good to me!