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Augmented Reality and Computer Vision in Navigation
The use and field of AR and computer vision are rapidly changing in how these technologies are being used in navigation.
Magnetometers and Navigation
A new form of magnet being developed is aiming to make magnetometers not only provide direction of travel but also precise location information.
Updated World Magnetic Model To Be Released
An acceleration in the Earth's magnetic field has triggered an early update to the World Magnetic Model.
How Does GPS Technology Affect Our Understanding of Place?
How is an over reliance on GPS technology affecting our understanding and experience of place?
OpenRouteService’s ‘Quiet Routing’ Creates a Less Stressful Route for Pedestrians
Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf introduces OpenRouteService's experimental routing option 'Quiet Routing' which guides pedestrian travel around noisy urban areas.
Conjunction Junction Found in the Brain: Helps with Spatial Navigation
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have identified the area of the brain, the retrosplenial cortex, that helps put together the necessary spatial information for navigation.
How Mental Map Development Affects How We Perceive the Visual World Around Us
A new study is challenging the way scientists look at the brain’s visual and spatial orientation system.
Work on “Inner GPS” in the Brain Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Over the course of three decades, two separate research efforts helped unwrap the questions of “how does the brain create ...
Spatial Orientation and the Brain: The Effects of Map Reading and Navigation
Map reading and orienteering are becoming lost arts in the world of global positioning systems (GPS) and other geospatial technologies. What are the effects of navigation and map reading on the brain?
Your Brain on Maps
What do some recent studies that look at the brain and navigation suggest? Read on to find out.