The ‘living globe’ that can help drones fly without GPS
Maxar’s detailed digital Earth joins a growing AI push to help robots orient themselves in the face of GPS attacks.
Before the advent of GPS, especially at sea, navigation meant finding your position by looking up at the stars. Today, when the Global Positioning System isn’t working—or gets jammed by electronic warfare—drones are learning to do something similar, orienting themselves by looking down at the Earth instead.