Would this work in a war zone if everything that used to be there was gone now?
QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
One interesting alternative would be the Visual Positioning System (VPS) that Niantic has built from Pokemon go player data. Basically you can take a picture outside and your phone will know exactly where you are:
www.nianticspatial.com/locate#vps
arstechnica.com/…/niantic-uses-pokemon-go-player-…
Too bad they’re getting close to being bought out by a company that’s notorious for squeezing out every penny from their player base.
tehWrapper@lemmy.world 2 days ago
QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I doubt it would work well, but with enough training data it would be able to pick up on some areas. Especially if there are large landmarks in the frame (mountains/hills/rivers, etc.).
Natanael@infosec.pub 2 days ago
It’s also what Google Maps live view is using. Street view imagery plus rough location plus on-phone camera sensor calibration data allows it to compute highly accurate positions relative to surroundings.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yeah so good luck using that in the middle of the woods