Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWorld's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at seainterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up1598
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minus-squarehoherd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 day agoIn the middle of the ocean? Wouldn’t that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoWait until you hear about inertial navigation!
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoAnd an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoAll you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses.
In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn’t that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?
Wait until you hear about inertial navigation!
And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
All you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses.