{"id":158,"date":"2020-06-17T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndicorp2020.wpengine.com\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:06:23","slug":"what-is-3d-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndigital.com\/zh\/articles\/what-is-3d-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Tracking &#8211; Enabling Precision Navigation for OEMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"158\" class=\"elementor elementor-158\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d73d2a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d73d2a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bd0dac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bd0dac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3D Tracking &#8211; Enabling Precision Navigation for OEMs<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Degrees of Freedom and How Are They Reported? 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