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Skyline Nav AI puts visual navigation forward as a GPS fallback

DRONELIFE profiled Skyline Nav AI's Pathfinder system on 25 September. The company says it combines onboard cameras and inertial sensing to provide positioning and navigation without relying on GPS.

GPS-denied navigation has civilian relevance in urban canyons, difficult terrain and infrastructure environments as well as defense applications.

Vendor capability claims need testing against your terrain, lighting, altitude, camera geometry and compute budget. Visual navigation is not a universal drop-in substitute for GNSS.