Satellite Navigation and Location Based Services Training Course of African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E) Ile-Ife, Nigeria

摘要

From 2001, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has organized a series of regionalworkshops and international meetings to promote the use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) throughthe indigenous capacity building of relevant professionals in member countries. This is especially important due tothe recognition of the fact that satellite navigation and positioning data are now used in a wide range of areasincluding mapping and surveying, monitoring of the environment, precision agriculture and natural resourcesmanagement, disaster warning and emergency response, aviation ,maritime and land transportation and researchareas such as climate change and ionosphere studies. This paper therefore presents the activities of the 2010 trainingcourse on Satellite Navigation and location Based Services" organized by the African Regional Centre for SpaceScience and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E), which is the last to be organized in the series for allthe regional centers of UNOOSA. During the one-month 30 participants from 9 different countries attended thiscourse lectures provided by seasoned faculties from various institutions, within and outside Nigeria. Participantswere given extensive hands on training on various aspects and types of Satellite Navigation systems anddemonstration of location based services. The paper also presents some recommendations for future use.