Disturbances in the ionosphere can interfere with radio communication and satellite navigation Shutterstock/buradaki
Data from millions of phones has helped produce the most complete map ever made of the ionosphere, part of Earth鈥檚 upper atmosphere. This could help us understand disturbances caused by geomagnetic storms and perhaps even improve GPS.
鈥淪martphone-based measurements cover twice as much of the ionosphere as traditional scientific monitoring stations,鈥 says at Google Research. 鈥淚t鈥檚 like there is a scientific monitoring station in every city where there are phones.鈥
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