• NotJustForMe@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Making fun for STILL using it. If our navy would navigate by the stars at night, it would be laughed at, right? And rightly so. ;)

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      8 months ago

      Tbh that sounds like a fun project for an app or something, as a backup to gps in case it’s jammed. Just lay your phone on the ground, take a long exposure picture and then use the phones time to calculate where you are. Might need to take the accelerometer into account if the ground isn’t flat.

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        8 months ago

        Fighter jets have automatic star navigation to augment their GPS navigation features. It’s more than a fun project, it’s military technology.