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Focusing

The science of localization

Thu 06 18:00 - 19:00

If the Earth’s surface were a football pitch, the level of satellite-based localization precision would correspond to but a few hundredths of a millimeter: less than the thickness of a single hair! How is such a level of acute precision even possible? We look back on the history of GPS and the Italian software Tolomeo and discover how mathematics and physics allowed us to achieve such a level of “focus”.

Venues

Libreria Orsa Minore