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Tapping Earth's Magnetic Field for Indoor Navigation

Posted July 16, 2012 8:45 AM

From CNET News:

Finnish company says new navigation technique was inspired by the way animals use the field to navigate their environs.

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Re: Tapping Earth's Magnetic Field for Indoor Navigation

07/16/2012 1:56 PM

Interesting concept. Migratory animals follow lines that are always changing to some degree though, which is why they can get to a general area but not the same square meter as the year before by just magnetic fields. If someone turned on a window fan in a room, for example, would that change the companies magnetic map. What if the building had to switch to off grid mode or had a power outage? I wonder if the apps would still work as well in those conditions?

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