Ukrainian developers have created the "Dovedu" navigation app, which is designed to determine a vehicle's location even when GPS is jammed or spoofed.
To do this, the developers combined satellite data with readings from smartphone motion sensors, the mobile network, Wi-Fi, and a road map. According to the team, during trips around Kyiv, the typical positioning error without GPS is 10-30 meters.
«Dovedu» was created by a team of data scientists and physicists. Among the co-founders are Serhii Holovin, PhD in economic modeling from the University of Minnesota, former Amazon economist and senior researcher at Keystone.ai, and physicist Andrii Chornyi, a graduate of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute's Physics and Technology Institute, who specializes in computer modeling of physical processes.
“The biggest advantage of Doved is accuracy and reliability. Members of our team have decades of experience working with ML, modeling physical processes, and navigation. We decided to apply this experience to build a product that can improve the lives of Ukrainian cities right now,” said Doved founder Serhiy Holovin.
The app works on Android 9 and newer versions, and can be downloaded on Google Play.
The service is already operating in Ukraine, Israel, the Gulf countries, and Europe. The iPhone version is at the testing stage.
In addition to individual users, the developers plan to offer the solution to taxi fleets, delivery services, and freight transportation. Another potential area is agricultural machinery, whose operation can stop due to loss of GPS signal.
«Doviedu» can be used for free for two hours per week. The Pro subscription costs UAH 199 per month. For military personnel, veterans, medics, police officers, and rescuers, Pro is provided free of charge. For dev.ua readers, the team has prepared the promo code LAUNCHPRO: it gives a 50% discount on the first three months of Pro until November 24 inclusive.