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Re: spherical positioning

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Originally Posted by sciguy125
So, how do we compensate for drift because our initial reference point is gone?
The best way to do this is with a Kalman filter, which takes in a bunch of noisy data from accels, gyros, GPS, etc., performs a bunch of black magic, including sensor fusion, and spits-out a state estimation.

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