Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWorld's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at seainterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
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minus-squarehoherd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoIn the middle of the ocean? Wouldn’t that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoAnd an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWait until you hear about inertial navigation!
In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn’t that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?
And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
Wait until you hear about inertial navigation!