All OS Has anyone tried NavIC out yet?

Unless our govt follows up regularly, phone companies won't move. Recently there was news that an Indian company made a NaviC-based chip, so hopefully, costs too should come down a bit.
 
Military implications


The Garmin handsets issued to soldiers during Kargil were not accurate because the Americans switched off the GPS signals in some areas. Leading to us having to source Russian GPS equipment

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India gets devices to indigenously map its terrain from space

NavIC has been developed for India to become self-reliant without being dependent on foreign navigation technologies
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NavIC has been developed for India to become self-reliant without being dependent on foreign navigation technologies, such as GPS, which are controlled by foreign governments that can interfere during military operations requiring special navigation.

Kargil War became the awakening call for this initiative, when the US government denied access to GPS map of Pakistan, a crucial matter at that point.
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Lots of indigenous tech has gone into NavIC :happy:

16:00 Giri says phones made after 2018-19 are already compatible with NavIC. hmm, they don't advertise that feature though. We will know soon enough.
 
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Govt did give an order to that effect reg compatibility of phones. But the chips are missing, someone has to make them right? No word on that till date, you only hear GPS GLONASS mostly
 
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