India's very own indigenously developed Global Positioning System is all set to hit the market for public use in early 2018.
"The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) with an operational name of NavIC is currently being tested for its accuracy and is most likely to be available in the market for public use early next year," said Tapan Misra, the director of Ahmedabad-based Space Application Centre (SAC).
NavIC ('Navigation with Indian Constellation' whose Hindi meaning is 'sailor' or 'navigator'), the name given by PM Narendra Modi after the launch of IRNSS-1G, is designed to provide accurate position information to users within the country.
NavIC will provide standard positioning service to all users with a position accuracy of 5 metre.
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