Good to see guys replicating what Nokia has already done. I guess consumers will have to compare the two and use the best.

Regards,

Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Bruce Madete
Sent: 4/25/2013 6:16 PM
To: Paul Roy
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Consulting Services for Establishment of a Physical Address System for Nairobi City

I forgot to mention l chair the Taskforce on behalf of the Permanent Secretary( Principal Secretary)

On Thursday, April 25, 2013, Bruce Madete wrote:
I chair the Taskforce that is dealing with the National Addresing System (NAS). The Taskforce includes among others the City Coucil, CCK, PCK, Google, MOIC, Ministry of lands , The then Metrpolitan ministry, oop, Central Business District mapIT of South Africa  etc. So far, we are collecting data in a section of the CBD which will be incorporated in Googles navigation system. We then expect to role out the piloted area possibly by the end of May. Thereafter, we expect to cover the rest of Nairobi and funds permitting the rest of the country.
Perhaps this initiative is to compliment the Taskforce efforts! We will have to find out from them.
Madete

On Thursday, April 25, 2013, robert yawe wrote:


Title: The Study for the Establishment of the Spatial Data Framework for the City of Nairobi
Period: December 2002 – March 2005
Funded by: JICA

The City of Nairobi has experienced a rapid increase in population with an influx of immigrants from rural areas, and the city infrastructure (water supply, sewerage, land management, waste disposal, health and sanitation, etc.) is not sufficient to meet the growing demands. However, the city's 1:2,500-scale maps, the most basic geographic information, were produced 30 years ago and do not cover the entire city. As they have not been updated or expanded, they do not represent current conditions and cannot be used to formulate urban development plans. In the study, we developed a geographic information system to manage the city's infrastructure. Specific activities included: i) aerial photography (scale: 1:5,000; color) covering an area of 702 km2, ii) ground control point survey (22 points), iii) ordinary leveling (350km), iv) aerial triangulation (249 models), v) field identification (585 km2), vi) production of 1:2,500 topographic maps (170 km2), vii) production of 1:5,000 topographic maps (415 km2), viii) consultation on GIS related tasks and design of GIS (15 km2), and ix) GIS database construction.


 
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
From: Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri@semacraft.com>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Thursday, 25 April 2013, 12:16
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Consulting Services for Establishment of a Physical Address System for Nairobi City

Is the current system broken? I've always believed the only problem we have is absent signage but technically there's an existing system.



Kind regards,

Muchiri Nyaggah | LEAD FELLOW, CODE4KENYA
@muchiri
Cell: +254 722 506400
Skype: mrmuchiri





On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:54 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Ali,