President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, October 18, launched a new location navigation technology known as the Ghana Digital Property Address System. The digital address system which is also called GhanaPostGPS was designed by Ghanaian information technology firm, Vokacom to tackle the lingering challenge of location and property addressing in the country.
The Digital Property Address system (GhanaPostGPS), forms part of the three initiatives of the Akufo-Addo government aimed at recording of all state properties and citizen’s data in a centralized national database with the aim of facilitating national planning and a formalised economic development.
The Digital Property Address System is an Information Technology location-based navigation system which s expected to provide an effective means of providing an address to every location and place in the country, including undeveloped parcels of land, using an IT application.
The new system, according to the President, gives an address to the location of virtually everything including the “blue kiosk, the ‘waakye’ seller or the ‘koko’ seller”!
The system which has been designed to comprehensively map the entirety of Ghana, divides the country into grids of 5m x 5m squares and assigns each one a unique and permanent address, known as a digital address. This will be made possible through the generation of unique codes for each of the locations and place using the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.
The idea is that a national address data-base will be embedded into the system which will enable all Ghanaian residents to validate their home and office addresses for easy direction and identification.
Take the following simple steps gotten from Graphic.com to download and use the Ghana Digital Address System – it’s free of charge!
Visit your application store [Google Play Store for Android, Apple Store for iOS] and search for GhanaPostGPS and download application
Once the App is installed, follow instructions to register
Your digital address system is ready for use!
Key into the very many benefits of the navigation app with the following steps:
Open the GhanaPostGPS app and click on the button
Your unique address will appear next to the digital address, for example Digital Address: GA-543-0125.
Note: Accuracy of the address is important. Always endeavour to have the address within three metres accuracy. It is advised that you stand in front of your property to produce the most accurate address. Check for address accuracy just below the address code.
Now you already have the GhanaPostGPS app on your device. You only have to do the following:
Key in the digital address in the search column and click on the search button. Full details of the address will be generated.
Click on the route option below it to navigate to your specified address location.
To find landmarks, type the name of the landmark into the search tab. A drop-down menu will appear with options to choose from.
Select the required landmark and the digital address will automatically be generated.
You can quickly contact emergency service using the GhanaPostGPS in the following steps:
To contact emergency services, click on the emergency button on the app.
Select the service you require, eg. Ghana Police Service, Fire Service or Ambulance Service.
Type in additional information and click on the ‘send location’ button. A pop-up message will ask that you close or continue with the request.
Enjoy! Didn’t they say we can now find you even when you’re at the middle of River Oti? Lol!!!
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