Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, says the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System would provide a navigation service for users in China and surrounding areas with a positioning accuracy of less than 10-meters.
"Besides continuing to provide active positioning, navigation, timing and short message services to civilian users, the Beidou system will officially begin to provide continuous passive location services to most of the Asia-Pacific region."
Ran says the general functionality and performance of the Beidou System is "comparable" to the GPS system.
Ran adds the Beidou system offers more conven
