An IT researcher, Kingsley Komla Elikem, has raised concerns about the cost and quality of the newly introduced digital property addressing system; the GhanaPost GPS App, while referring to the government as ‘lazy’.
The National Digital Property Address System was launched about a month ago to facilitate easy location of addresses and to boost emergency service delivery nationwide.
Many, following the introduction of the app have criticized government over monies being channeled into the operation of the app as well as its effectiveness as projected. Most of them accusing government of ‘duplicating’ an already existing app.
Vokacom, the company that designed the app has however come out to reject the claims, their justification being that it was built on a global addressing system that was designed solely by them.
Mr. Elikem argues that the eight-month period used to design the app was lethargic. According to him, it requires a maximum of just a day to produce the Ghana Post GPS app.
Kingsley, who did not want to sound politically biased, defended his statement, saying “it is not a government matter. We all have political affiliations in Ghana by the way.”
“But if you tell me that it took a government eight months to code…to write these codes that anyone can do in one day, you are a lazy government.”
Explaining the “one day” app design to journalists at the Ghana International Press Centre, the IT professional said:
“That was just a poor work. You sit down behind the computer, you write your codes, throw a fish net over the surface of Ghana, make sure that you use the cursor to pick the ends carefully…While you are done you give a dimension to the fish net. It should be five by five meters and you would be able to generate this. One day. Eight months to do this work? That’s a lazy government.”
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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Another ***barred word*** ***barred word*** showing up his dambness by towing the political line with such an important national issue. Did he call himself an expect? We've seen the likes of them over and over again, and they always end in disgrace. Somebody should check authentisity of his so-called IT degrees and certificates.
Why has Kingsley come to disgrace himself like this? I hope he shows up on Highlife Radio on Saturday to answer questions. Is he claiming to be an IT expert? Wow. I know he isn't.
i was going to comment and educate this feeble mind of an IT researcher but reading from his name, i rest my case!
another ndc ed10t. look at how stu>p1d he had made himself. you know all these yet you could not help your party to collate simple election results which can be done within minutes using excel. moron! even if it is done in one day will you use it the following day? wont you check to see did it right? these ndc ple and their way of thinking only God can help them.
I can not stop laughing at the remarks of this man. common excel to tabulate NDC result during the election you could not help and now listen to yourself. how can Ghana develop if people like this come round
While the designing of an app varies greatly, the general answer view is that, it takes about 4-6 months to build an app. That does not mean a first version of an app—a v1.0 can't be built faster than four months or that it won't take longer than six months. Check Savvy Apps. As with any creative undertaking though, there are many factors that can influence this timeline. The remainder of this note will focus on these factors and the impact they can have on schedules. TL;DR A v1.0 app takes about 4-6 months to build an app. Usually. Quality takes time. Apps vary from two-week throwaways to years-long masterpieces. Apps that target many features require more time to build than apps with a narrow scope. Budget will determine timeline. Yet a large budget carries its own dangers. A team of cross-discipline experts results in a tighter build time. The right skills, mentality, and process translate into a more efficient timeline. Industry Perspective for App Timelines There are countless apps on the app stores that are unnecessarily complex, frustrating to use, created by amateurs, or just plain broken. In terms of real effort, these apps likely took weeks or at the very top end, a couple of months to build. Then, there are the apps that wow you. These are the apps that you use every day. They make your life better. They are fast. They are beautiful. They are intuitive. They do not crash and are mostly bug free. They are the definition of a great app. Apps in this second category likely have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of hours into them at this stage in their existence. Companies like Facebook have thousands of people working on their apps, either on the actual apps that get installed on devices or on the servers and APIs that support them. These apps have taken years to get where they are today. With that backdrop, to build a Facebook, Uber, Snapchat, Google Maps, Tinder, or a top game can seem like an overwhelming task. Yet anyone trying to build a new app has to compete with these mostly free apps on the app stores. I guess the researcher is analyzing his facts from an amateurish perspective. With my basic knowledge in It kuraa, i am aware that intellectual property rights does not even allow or grant anyone the legal rights to copy ones intellectual property.Knowing very well that a similar program by the same designer is in existence in another part of the world. What is this so called "It Researcher" and his dump cronies talking about? What is he researching in information Technology? "If you cant provide for your in-law, you cant call him a ***barred word***"
SEE THIS MUMUU OOOO....***barred word*** IDI0TT, WHERE WERE U WEN THEY WERE DEVELOPING THIS APP. U SIT IN ABROAD WIT UR ***barred word*** NFAKE CERTIFICATES N CAN'T EVEN DEVELOP A SINGLE INVENTION TO HELP UR COUNTRY YET U OPEN UR ST1NKY MOUTH TO CRITICIZE EVERY THING HERE......N0NS3NSE!!!!
This will only come from a person like you. What have you developed??
what an inward-looker, enemy of progress.
This so called app already existed on google play....the developers just changed some interface and resolved yo government with the help of some corrupt officials and we have Ghanaians defending it.. So pitty a country!!!!!