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>They are a more accurate version of an IMU to use for dead reckoning. They will still drift over time.

A magnetometer is a completely different device than an IMU.

A sensitive enough magnetometer coupled with accurate magnetic maps can act as a GNSS alternative, albeit not as spatially accurate. There's a handful of companies currently working on quantum PNT and magnetic/gravity map matching solutions. I work for one of them.


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