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 The OECD countries dominate the space economy, but times are changing. Now it's Africa's turn. We have to talk about space, coordinate our activities, and invest for the future. To catch up with OECD countries, African governments and relevant institutions have to increase investments and awareness of the use of space for decision making processes... ( more) |
Embracing disruptive technology shifts
by Chris Kirchhoff, SAGI
 We have moved from an era where knowledge was power and its dissemination hierarchical to shared knowledge networks. A wealth of spatial data is now available on these networks, but, and I think this is critical for all geospatial practitioners to realise, as more data becomes available, the trust associated with that data diminishes... (more) |
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 The Institute of Mine Surveyors of Southern Africa (IMSSA) is opposed to a recent exemption application by the Council for the Built Environment acting on behalf of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), to the Competition Commission relating to the Identification of Work rules of ECSA. This would exclude professional practitioners registered with... (more)
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 The South African Geomatics Institute of South Africa (SAGI) is opposed to a recent exemption application by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) to the Competition Commission with regard to the Engineering Identification of Work (IDOW) which would mean impinging into the Geomatics professions area of work... ( more) |
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GISSA, SAGI, IMSSA and EE Publishers announce Geomatics Indaba 2015, a conference and exhibition of GIS, surveying, geo-informatics, mapping, remote sensing and location-based business, and Africa's leading conference exhibition and training event for this sector... ( more)
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This month's letters are in response to the lead editorial in the October 2014 issue of PositionIT entitled "No water, but it's beyond our control" which focused on the matter of Johannesburg and Tshwane's recent water crisis... ( more) |
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) deployed a dedicated GIS officer to Guinea in March 2014 in response to the Ebola outbreak in the south of the country. In support of the epidemiological team, the GIS officer was charged with producing general overview maps, as well as topical maps that supported different aspects... (more) |
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This article will investigate which portions of The Great Wall(s) of China were mainly erected as boundary demarcations and which put up as protection. It will also attempt to highlight early techniques and equipment used by the Chinese surveyors of antiquity... (more) |
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How can one map a whole castle efficiently in full 3D? Is it possible to have a 3D model containing both the inside and outside? The Chillon project performed by Pix4D in May 2014 is a use case to show the accuracy, feasibility and efficiency of image-based 3D modelling for very complex architectural objects... (more) |
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The TrigNet network has 67 base stations, with a maximum inter-station spacing distance of 300 km. The data from these base stations is streamed, via dedicated leased lines, to the National Geo-spatial Information office in Cape Town, where it is processed and made available, free of charge, to national and international users... (more) |
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Wide format printing workflow is more than just printing. While technology advances have delivered hardware that's faster, cheaper and better, in order to achieve optimum productivity, it is important to broaden the purchase consideration analysis... (more) |
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Surveying data is essential for many industrial resource activities including power line design on the ground. Eskom, the main power line designer in South Africa, relies on such data collected by its engineers and surveyors... (more) |
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Is your agency utilising or considering using lidar data? If so, you know that lidar technology has become a valuable tool in a variety of applications where an accurate surface model is required. The availability of lidar data is resulting in a profusion of very large datasets... (more) |
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