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by BombNullIsland 1870 days ago
You can't, mems gyroscopes drift too quickly to be useful.

Most tunnels where GPS "works" pass a repeated GPS signal through a leaky feeder, the receiver uses doppler to figure out your speed and guestimate distance. I guess because of the point source on the surface the phone must also think the tunnel is a vertical shaft as well.

The new ones create take ephemeris and almanac data and create simulated time signals for the repeaters exact location. This is the same thing that military jammers do near important locations like embassies and bases to ensure that enemy missiles hit somewhere across the road.