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Geolocating a random island using geometry and CUDA programming
The author geolocated a random island by measuring pixel distances between three landmasses, filtering global OpenStreetMap data using CUDA GPU programming to match the triangle geometry, and identifying the resort as 'Coco Palm Island' in the Maldives.
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