Open AccessSmartphone App Seeks to Make Navigation Safer
Author(s) -
Larry O'Hanlon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo021603
Subject(s) - safer , smartphone app , human–computer interaction , computer science , internet privacy , mobile apps , computer security , world wide web
The app sends local magnetic field strength along with your phone's position and orientation to scientists, who use the data to fine-tune magnetic field models.