Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
Inerka: a Kyiv navigator for GPS blackouts
An upcoming navigation app aims to keep a car’s position moving during GPS jamming or spoofing, using vehicle speed, a phone gyroscope, and road maps.
- For
- Kyiv drivers navigating during GPS interference
- Worth noticing
- It requires an ELM327 Bluetooth LE adapter and, if GPS is already unavailable at startup, a manually marked starting point.
Field notes
The page describes a fallback for GPS interference rather than a replacement for GPS in all conditions: it compares the reported position with vehicle speed, then uses the phone’s gyroscope and road map to estimate movement. It says the estimate drifts with distance, particularly on long straight stretches, and may struggle in yards or parking areas absent from the map. The team reports testing with a Viecar adapter in a Volkswagen e-Golf and Jeep Patriot; other vehicles and adapters remain under investigation.
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