The PLATO governed CContinued Professional Development programme started on 1 June 2012. There will be no big gala event nor will there be fireworks to mark the occasion, it will simply mean that from 1 June all registered persons will need to earn a minimum of three CPD credits before 1 June 2013 and a minimum of 20 CPD credits in each 5 year cycle thereafter... (more)

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The two articles that Aslam Parker of the CD-NGI presented on the SA Coordinate Reference System between December 2011 and February 2012 are an important resource. One of his statements can be the starting point for some further discussion... (more)

The Land Survey Act, No. 8 of 1997 confirms that a Professional Land Surveyor is responsible for the determination of the position of all boundaries defining land parcels and land rights. Because of the contentious nature of the position of the high water mark, Act No. 8 of 1997 requires that the Professional Land Surveyor determines the position in consultation with the Surveyor-General... (more)

This project applied airborne laser scanning technology for the detection of mine subsidence over a broad area, a commercial application not widely used in the Australian underground coal mining industry. The objective of the project was to prove the latest generation airborne laser technologies as a reliable and objective source of vital subsidence monitoring data for an underground coal mine... (more)

The Body of Knowledge (BoK) in Geographical Information Science and Technology (GI S&T) originates from a decision by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) to establish a framework for the assessment of Geographical Information Science Technology (GI S&T) curricula. The 2006 edition includes six sections... (more)

This article discusses the development of a disaggregation procedure for socio-economic data based on the principles of dasymetric mapping and areal interpolation in order to develop a flexible geo-data frame which allows the data to be assigned to different demarcations seamlessly. The geo-data frame is based on the Spot Building Count points dataset from Eskom... (more)

This paper discusses the development of the first GISc diploma at a South African University of Technology. The changes in Surveying education and development of GIS is explored, since it became clear that the interest in the cartography programme became increasingly limited and the obvious solution was to replace it with GISc... (more)

Monitoring poverty levels enables government and the private sector to make more informed decisions about where social development funds should be invested. This research reveals that poverty levels are declining in some rural areas and rising in several urbanised local municipalities... (more)

Operation Clean Audit 2014 is gaining in momentum as the deadline looms. Many of the transitional provisions have lapsed and the pressure is on from all spheres of government to get it right. Emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring that it does not turn into a rushed job with the only goal being a clean audit. The purpose of the Operation Clean Audit campaign extends much further than one audit a year... (more)

Defining and measuring a marathon route is a complicated undertaking and it's vital to get it right. If a world record or world best performance has been set on the route, a re-measurement may be required and an independent route measurer must be able to follow the route according to the description and route map... (more)