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Re:Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep... by shannonclaude on Monday March 10, 2025 @05:23PM (#43326270)
So the role that magnetometers play in sensor fusion w/ IMU data is for yaw/heading/magnetic north estimation. In short, it aids your orientation (RPY estimate). However, with MagNav, they play a large role in supplying information that allows you to decrease your drift rate.

https://www.sagemotion.com/blog/how-does-imu-sensor-fusion-w...

Re:Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep... by vlovich123 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @09:27AM (#43343024)
Yes, we were doing all of that at Apple over ten years ago. I was specifically pointing out that just like WiFi has “texture” that lets you machine learn a position, so does the mag field, letting you determine an absolute position estimate purely from the magnetometer. I was wondering if the sensors and algorithms have advanced on that front.