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MRHOBOT2020-06-16 13:51:12
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MRHOBOT, 2020-06-16 13:51:12

Track the movement of an object in a pipe underground using GPS?

Good afternoon. Please tell me if there is such a GPS system, its name or the topic of lectures (information).
1) There is a pipe underground from 1-10m with a length of 1-10km. The pipe can pass through swamps, rivers, seas, sands, asphalt, etc.
2) There is an object that moves along this pipe
Is it possible to track this object and its movement by some means of GPS?

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freeExec, 2020-06-16
@freeExec

Inertial system, but for tens of kilometers you will get tens or hundreds of meters of error.

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Developer, 2020-06-16
@samodum

The GPS signal from the satellites does not pass through non-radio transparent obstacles. Therefore, inside buildings, in dense urban areas, in the forest, underground, ... the radio signal from GPS satellites will not be caught

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forspamonly2, 2020-06-17
@forspamonly2

the distance traveled through the pipe is just one coordinate. if your object is your own device, what prevents you from putting a roller with an encoder pressed against the wall in it?

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hint000, 2020-06-17
@hint000

On autonomous navigation, you have already been answered https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_navigation .
As for communication from the pipe with the outside world (for transmitting coordinates), I have two options:
1) unwind a thin wire or optical fiber from the bay;
2) use loud sound signals, at a distance of 1 km it can be real, further - I doubt it.
The third option is a little more fantastic: at each turn of the pipe, drop small fixed repeaters, then you can try to use laser communication or radio communication.

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