Addressing the SIPs skills scarcity
by Clare van Zwieten, EE Publishers
 Not surprisingly, land surveying, engineering surveying and geomatics have been identified as scarce skills by the Department of Higher Education and Training in its "Skills for and through SIPs" report. Occupational teams preparing the report first analysed the 18 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) making up the National Infrastructure Plan... (more) |
Vehicle tracking and telematics technology - what the future holdsby John Edmeston, Cartrack
 Vehicle tracking and telematics technology have been around for years, but the real innovation in its application and use in the broader fleet management and vehicle tracking space has happened in the last few years. The industry has grown fast and substantially on the back of the development of our GSM networks, cellular/mobile data technology and GPS navigation... (more)
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Draft "drone" regulations under discussion at CARComby Clare van Zwieten, EE Publishers
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) tabled the draft regulations on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) before the Civil Aviation Regulations Committee (CARCom) on 3 September 2014, and further discussions will take place during September... (more) |
PositionIT Inbox - September 2014
from our readers
This month's letters focus on the multiple appointment of mine surveyors. Send your letters to: positionit@ee.co.za... (more)
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Land administration assessment and monitoring via satellite
by Dr. Corné Eloff, Airbus Defence & Space
When spatial information is analysed in a time series method, the evidence of the status quo on the ground becomes factual. Satellites such as SPOT 6, Pléiades, TerraSAR-X and Deimos-1 play a key role particularly for application areas such as agriculture, mining, and infrastructure... ( more) |
Know your era know your data
by Edwin Phillips, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
This article provides information on the way we see data and how it is inputted into current and future programmes. It highlights that the input method and the way the data is saved in the database is important... (more) |
Mapping Moscow's road infrastructure
Information from Topcon
The project "3D Panoramas of Moscow City" has been carried out by two partner companies. IT Geo has focused on professional information systems development for different state organisations, and Helgilab is a participant of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre project which aims to develop a high technology business area near Moscow... (more) |
Spatial integration of waste management data in urban areaby Agata Rymkiewicz and Martin Kranert, Universität Stuttgart
There is a need for geospatial waste management concepts in large urban areas to obtain a better understanding of the complex structure of different stakeholders and the spatial distribution of waste generation... (more) |
Anatomy of a mobile mapping system
by Pierre Potgieter, EE Publishers
Mobile mapping systems are ground truthing soldiers of accuracy and produce high-quality data to mapping data providers. Popularised by Google's Street View cars, various mapping data companies operate similar vehicles to collect an array of data for various uses... (more) |
Precise spatial measurement for the perfect illusion
Information from Leica Geosystems
The Urbanscreen artist group from Bremen has plunged the Gasometer in Oberhausen into a perfect light illusion as part of the giant multimedia installation, 320° Licht. The precise measurement of space is the basis for this digital art... (more) |
Grading productivity on a highway rehabilitation projectInformation from Trimble
Machine control and site positioning systems support a completely "peg-less" roadway construction site, driving increased accuracy and an accelerated project schedule... (more) |
Ground deformation monitoring with satellite radar sensors
by Davide Colombo, Tele-Rilevamento Europa
In the last decade, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data have been widely used to detect and measure ground deformation phenomena. Either ground-based, airborne or satellite-borne, radar sensors paved the way to a variety of applications ranging from landslide analyses to subsidence and sinkhole monitoring... (more) |
