The Hindu, Dec. 5th 2002
Twelve Dumper placers and 16 corporation conservancy lorries might soon have Global Positioning System (GPS) instruments in place.
A review of the performance of the Global Positioning System(GPS), on four dumper placer trucks of the Coimbatore Corporation, has been found to be effective in tracking vehicles. Consequently, the civic body has decided to install it in more vehicles engaged in conservancy operations.
As a test case, the Corporation had installed the GPS in four of its 16 dumper placers in an effort at finding out whether the technology could help ensure transparency in waste disposal. The 'passive vehicle tracking system' had recorded the entire trip of each dumper placer. A private institution that had developed the GPS provided the monitoring office at the Corporation a 'TripMapp' software and a geo reference city map, containing the names of all the roads/streets and the waste dump locations across the city.
A trip summary was downloaded from the GPS in one of the trucks on Tuesday to review its performance and also to check whether there were any route diversion. It was found that the GPS fulfilled the requirements of the Corporation and hence it had been decided to intall 12 more dumpers and lorries with the GPS.
