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... and GPS was initially developed for - right, the military.


GPS can and was miniaturized. LRGs and QGs aren't for retail use because they're very expensive, bulky, and largely unnecessary.


F(T) != F(T+1)

I, for one, am glad to see people working to innovate along well-trodden paths.


Yes, for their relevant applications. If you were a commercial spelunker or were the Ukrainian army needing to lob missiles into Russia that were impervious to encrypted GPS jamming, then you would gladly welcome your quantum overlords. Neither LRG or QG are ever going to be made into MEMS devices shoved into an iPhone. Its application is dead reckoning. For the use-case of navigation underground useable by everyday people, Skyhook-like services that rely on 5G UWB microcells are the most likely evolution beyond relying on Wi-Fi SSIDs and conventional cell towers for tower-assisted GNSS.




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