Indication of a ship location by the Earth’s geomagnetic field

Abstract

The present study focuses on the need to increase the number of methods for indicating a ship location in traffic conditions on routes with heavy shipping, as well as during navigation in hard hydrometeorological conditions. The research purpose is to increase the level of safety and accuracy of ship navigation and effectively meet the requirements in the field of navigation safety and environmental protection. The issue of navigating through physical fields has a wide range of unresolved tasks despite the previously conducted studies. These tasks include investigation of geomagnetic sensors and their relationship to geomagnetic maps, as well as magnetic compasses and ways to improve them by using magnetometers and eliminating errors caused by rotation of the magnetic needle.