Opinion: Nairobi can tap free satellite data to soar – Bonface Osoro

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[Image source: African Arguments | Credit: Nina R.]

Business Daily | by Bonface Osoro

The use of navigation technology in making intelligent decisions has existed since the first civilisation.

Humans have migrated from the use of stars for inter-continental and transatlantic movement to adoption of bespoke navigation technologies.

One such technology is the United States’ Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS).

The GPS now provides a relatively accurate and high-quality locational data that can be adopted in improving service delivery and management of populated cities such as Nairobi.

Vihiga County has been successful in using satellite locational data to map resources and population distribution.

Nairobi, in one way or the other, is using the free satellite data, but it is short of creating a working physical address system…

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[Image source: African Arguments | Credit: Nina R.]

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