report for ICT systems used in community activities

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GPS Users:

GPS should be viewed as a complementary tool and used in conjunction with traditional methods like map and compass. GPS has become a widely used  worldwide, and a useful tool for , , commerce, and scientific uses. GPS also provides a precise  used in many applications including scientific study of , and  of telecommunications networks

Like any tool it has its strengths and weaknesses. We must learn to exploit the strengths and develop contingencies to cope with the weaknesses

Benefits:

They pinpoint exact locations ,Duty free use of GPS-Data means less money spent, it is reliable, fast and stable receipt, it is compatible with all prevalent route planners and navigation applications with GPS-interface, Gps allows users to travel faster and with great confidence in poor conditions, they have an easy installation, It can fix your position when you are lost or have no reference features, it is excellent tool for planning or recording trips and it can give you travel speed and ETA at a waypoint.

Disadvantages:

Over-reliance. user must be competent with standard tool, Battery can fail, it can be damaged, lost or broken and if you have no other tools you are screwed, it needs unobstructed view. Tree, cliffs valleys etc... Or reception may be hindered, and it can generally have inaccurate altitude readings. 

How it meets the users needs:

It helps users find places, is good for planning family trips, is extremely easy to use, isn’t very complicated to set up so its easy and fast, gives directions if user is completely lost and it gives complete directions if user doesn’t know how to get to a certain place

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Consequences of the user not having access to ict:

Users will have to use A-Z which  takes a long time and requires user to do more thinking for themselves, user may need to use a map to find place which also takes longer, it take longer to plan family trips as you have to work out directions by looking at maps and if you get lost have to ask for help or find a way out without directions given.

Library Users:

Libraries are used by young and older people for many things, for the internet access, ...

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