India's homegrown GPS alternative NavIC This story shows how India has transformed itself from a country dependent on other countries to meet its critical needs to one that is confident of taking its place in the global power system. India takes a big step towards 'atmanirbharta Apple agrees to 15 NaviC (Indian Constellation Navigation) for smartphones on its latest iPhone, replacing the US-based Global Positioning System (GPS) that is predominantly used by Indian smartphone makers. Step. Smartphone and car manufacturers using NavIC.

Desi GPS: From War to Business

When the Pakistani army entered Kargil in 1999, the Indian army first looked for GPS data in the area. A space-based navigation system maintained by the US government would have provided vital information, but the US refused to provide it to India. India had long felt the need for its own satellite navigation system, but the Kargil experience made India realize its importance.

In the face of changing geopolitical realities, India's self-reliance in satellite navigation is critical. But not only in war, where satellite navigation can help track enemy locations and movements and guide accurate weapons, GPS design is also of great help to the economy and business.

A big boost to the economy

Not so long ago, when much of the country was isolated from the formal economy, developing your own satellite navigation system in India was a luxury. With a more formalized and integrated economy, GPS design is now critical to economic growth. This helps companies to increase efficiency, reduce costs and find new solutions. NavIC It is essentially a much-needed communications system as businesses aim to increase coverage and penetration, and an increasingly interconnected economy requires better coordination.

With improved logistics, the most important civilian use of NavIC will be for India's ambitious rapid economic development programs. As India builds highways at an alarming rate and establishes an intermodal national transportation system that includes special freight corridors, NavIC it will play an important role in tracking goods and vehicles to improve speed and efficiency.

Logistics cost in India is 13% of GDP and 8% in the rest of the world. This reduces India's export competitiveness and raises domestic raw material prices. The government has an ambitious program to close the global logistics cost gap. Our self-developed navigation system will help you achieve better tracking, reduce costs and increase efficiency.

For example, a lack of efficiency in simple tasks such as route planning can increase costs. Effective route planning ensures that goods arrive at their destination on time, which significantly reduces fuel and driver costs and minimizes wear and tear on vehicles. All of these factors affect the success or failure of logistics operations. The desi GPS is better suited to the Indian context than other GPSs and is cheaper, ensuring a smooth logistics system.

NavIC enables better route optimization. In a letter to TOI, Sharma, Senior Manager, Arpit Technology Research & Consulting, Aranca, said that while the maps currently designed (like Google) maps) are just route planners, NaviC will help in better optimization and route suggestion. It will also provide new use cases for the development of route optimization applications. These applications can optimize road utilization, distribute traffic evenly, and separate consumer vehicle traffic in cars, buses, rickshaws, and bicycles from freight traffic in trucks. Indian and global automakers, truck and bus manufacturers, and GPS chip makers will need to modify the technical specifications of their products to accommodate Navic.

The government plans to force the automotive industry to use built-in NavIC chips. Local startup Accord Software Systems NavIC has arrived Integrated into the design of integrated circuits that produce 28 in nanometer chips, which are currently sold to companies in the Indian automotive industry. Trucks and other commercial vehicles will soon be equipped with Navic.

Other Uses

With improved location accuracy and lower subscription costs, NavIC can be used for courier and ride hailing services. All of these companies are now using GPS. NavIC reduces costs and increases efficiency. For the same reason, regular shipping companies can also benefit from NaviC to begin with. Arpit Sharma writes in TOI that NavIC provides new use cases for navigation-based Indian gaming applications (like Pokemongongong), Pikmin Bloom, Marvel's Avengers, etc.). It also creates location-based use cases such as helping auto insurance companies track mortgaged vehicles, helping advertising agencies develop better location-based ads, and helping the travel and tourism industry improve the customer experience with rich travel information and content. Experience. Interactive. NavIC It will also help the Indian drone industry, especially the drone delivery business, grow and become more efficient.

NavIC Advantages

NavIC has developed limited coverage GPS for the U.S., EU, Russia, and China. however, it can interoperate with all features. Handset manufacturers have to integrate at the processor level, which will increase the cost, but not significantly. Since 2019, the American semiconductor multinational Qualcomm For years, NaviC has supported some of its smartphone chips.

The main difference is the available area to apply these systems. GPS satellites orbit the Earth twice a day to serve users around the world, and NavIC is currently used in India and nearby areas. The government's goal is to expand coverage from local to global so that Navic signals are available anywhere in the world. Like GPS, global navigation systems include the European Union's Galileo system, Russia's GLONASS system and China's Beidou system. QZSS is another regional navigation system operated by Japan, covering the Asia-Oceania region centered on Japan.

NavIC The accuracy and precision of any other GPS is equally good, but it is better suited to Indian terrain and performs better as it focuses only on India and its surroundings. Compared to other GPS.  It also works better in India's tropical climate.