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Land reform and surveyors
by Aslam Parker
 The South African system of land surveying is reputed to be equal to the best in the world. The effectiveness of our cadastre and land administration in the past has however mainly been measured in the context of its ability to manage a small percentage of land parcels in South Africa as it excluded the many millions of dwellings in former homelands... ( more) |
Partnering for growth
by Zulch Lötter, CESA
 Tender pricing among consultants has become highly competitive to the extent that we are probably back at pre-2008 levels. In order to diversify, an increasing number of SA consulting engineers are aiming their sights towards the north of our continent... ( more) |
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EE Publishers for Citizen Journalism
by Chris Yelland, managing director, EE Publishers
 EE Publishers has established a facility at its website for citizens to upload articles, files and supporting documents under the category of Citizen Journalism. In addition, a Facebook page entitled EE Publishers for Citizen Journalism has been set up to post commentaries, pictures, captions, links, audio/video clips, etc... (more)
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Terrestrial laser scanning for mainstream land surveying
by Mike Pinkerton, Aurecon
Terrestrial laser scanning is taking a larger stake in the domain of mainstream land surveying. This is similar in significance to what RTK GPS was doing a decade or so ago. In the next decade 3D scanning technology will evolve into a mainstream tool in the arsenal of most land surveying organisations... ( more) |
Hydrographic surveying and national infrastructure water side security
by John Fraser and Thomas Meurling, RESON
Waterside security is of increased concern, with threats to both floating and fixed maritime assets. Despite an infancy period in underwater protection methods, the hydrographic community is an underutilised asset that can play a leading role within the overall maritime security context... ( more) |
Hyperspectral imagery solutions
by Alex Fortescue, Southern Mapping
Hyperspectral imaging technology is increasingly being used in the mining, infrastructure and environmental sectors. This article provides some background on the technology and its many applications... (more) |
Mobile GIS in local government to enhance service delivery
by Johann Engelbrecht, Total Geo-spatial Information Solutions
GIS essential for municipal management with regards to the large geographical spread of the visible and non-visible infrastructure. Currently GIS deployment varies from one GIS work station environment, to intranet distribution of GIS information, up to a fully integrated information environment... (more) |
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Professional vs. recreational GPS for mobile GIS by Russel Meyer, Optron Geomatics
Global Positioning System (GPS) use is really a very simple thing. It is however, possibly one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented technologies available to the GIS community... (more) |
Utilising GIS to ensure licensing compliance
by Jessica Wyland, Esri
The 1674 km Snake River tributary of the Columbia River provides water for drinking, irrigating, and generating approximately 50% of the state's energy through hydropower. For Idaho Power Company, owner and operator of 17 hydroelectric power plants, preservation of the river is of utmost importance... (more) |
Tools, ancient and modern, push archaeological boundaries
by Ciara Louw
Trimble's local supplier, Optron Geomatics, has ensured that Trimble equipment is playing a vital role on one of the most important new archaeological sites currently under exploration - Klipdrift cave in the De Hoop conservation area in the Western Cape... (more) |
Delivering efficient snow production and distribution
Information from CLM Positioning Solutions
Klenkhart & Partner Consulting is the authority in ski area development and has helped more than 200 ski resorts develop master plans and GIS records, plan lift and cable car routes, design land and erosion control initiatives, and architect parks and downhill ski runs... (more) |
Monitoring groundwater aquifers in agricultural regions
by Susan Young, Stanford University
Agriculture often depends on underground water systems that need to be monitored to avoid overuse. Until now, crops growing above the aquifer prevented satellite-based radar from "seeing" under the surface, but researchers have found a way around the problem... (more) |
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