blacksta:

Please explain the purpose of the GPS system to a lay man - Market woman or bus conductor in Oshodi.

Pukkah:

This is good news.

Jakumo:

I am not sure about the purpose of a "GPS Station", given that anyone can purchase a hand-held GPS unit that works anywhere except at the polar regions, for $200 or less. I own a Garmin EtreX unit that I use in wilderness areas, and it works perfectly. Perhaps I am missing something here.

Digital mapping (also called digital cartography) is the process by which a collection of data is compiled and formatted into a virtual image. The primary function of this technology is to produce maps that give accurate representations of a particular area, detailing major road arteries and other points of interest. The technology also allows the calculation of distances from once place to another.

Though digital mapping can be found in a variety of computer applications, such as Google Earth, the main use of these maps is with the Global Positioning System, or GPS satellite network, used in standard automotive navigation systems.

babapupa:

here comes the the dunb and the backward ignorants, it never fails.

Gbawe:

Satellite technology is useless unless pertinent information has been specifically customised so that a GPS system can make sense of it. Local digital mapping must be carried out . This is an important consideration . Your Garmin would be useless in Lagos if there is no digital map guiding the signals being recieved .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_mapping

here comes the the dunb and the backward ignorants, it never fails

blacksta:

No need to go defensive  - Just come and explain the use or benefit to me as bus conductor in oshodi

texazzpete:

Also, the claim of 1cm accuracy by the Lagos state Government is a shameless lie.

Sharon_f:

Forgive my ignorance but what are the GPS station benefits?

Ezechie had explained that when formally commissioned the state will blaze the trail in establishing world class, ultra modern technologies to provide a solid basis for the transformation of the state and provide the technological foundation for successful implementation of the Lagos Mega City.

The initiative, according to her, will help build a new Lagos and get the traffic moving again by tracking road congestion, road safety and improving public transportation.

blacksta:

And the man [b]babapupa [/b]will always go defensive when ever some goes against his ideology.

blacksta:

For your information i know how important GPS is in other developed nations .

blacksta:

On this thread most dont know the exact benefit of the GPS system to the lagos government  - some are pretending to know and claim it is best  thing after slice bread


And the man baba pupa will always go defensive when ever some goes against his ideology.


For your information i know how important GPS is in other developed nations .

As an owner and frequent user of a hand-held GPS receiver costing less that $200, I view with great scepticism the declared function of the proposed "GPS station" in Lagos, given the SMALL AND PORTABLE physical size of ALL modern day GPS receivers.   There can be NO SUCH THING as a "GPS Station" anywhere outside of the USA, since the ONLY subsets of that technology available to the general public comprise PORTABLE RECEIVERS, which are ALL small enough to either carry by hand or install in the dashboard of a car, boat or aircraft.

The only physically large components associated with GPS technology are the satellites spread out as an orbiting constellation in Earth's upper stratosphere, and the US Department of Defence ground-based command and control facilities tasked with managing those satellites, ALL of which are located in the United States, and NOT, in Lagos Nigeria.

Bearing in mind the above FACTS, could somebody please now explain, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, the SPECIFIC function of the proposed "GPS Station" in Lagos, Nigeria ?