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World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear about compasses and maps!

[–] hoherd@programming.dev 27 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn't that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

Wait until you hear about inertial navigation!

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 hours ago

And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 0 points 22 hours ago

All you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses.