Full list of links to peer-reviewed and general papers available here
3 Nov 2015

     
Conference, exhibition and training event
GIS, surveying, geo-informatics, mapping, remote sensing & location based business
      
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Full list of papers presented 
at GI 2015
      
The Geomatics Indaba 2015 conference, exhibition and training event was the highlight of the African geospatial industry calendar this year, with the theme:
  
"Developing spatial technologies and skills for strategic infrastructure planning" 


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Peer-reviewed papers

by Prof. Gregory Breetzke

by Nurudien Dawood, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, and Siddique Motala, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

by Kevin Musungu, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and Dorette Jacobs, Department of Water and Sanitation

by Richard Wonnacott and Chris Hartnady, Umvoto Africa and Jeanine Engelbrecht, CSIR 

by Koech Cheruiyot, Chris Wray and Samy Katumba, Gauteng City-Region Observatory

by Paddington Hodza, University of Wyoming, Gertrud Schaab, University of Applied Sciences, Serena Coetzee and Fritz van der Merwe, University of Pretoria and Brandon Vogt, University of Colorado

by Erika Pretorius, University of Pretoria and Rudi Pretorius, Department of Environmental Affairs   

by Pryaska Veramoothea, Andre Breytenbach and Ethel Baloyi, CSIR

by Hamid Ashraf and Frederick Cawood, University of the Witwatersrand  

by Bosiu Lefulebe, Kevin Musungu and Siddique Motala, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

by Izak du Plessis, Keagan Liebenberg, Ansie Smit, Serena Coetzee, and Andrzej Kijko, University of Pretoria  

by Zakariyyaa Oumar, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

by Peter Schmitz, University of Pretoria and CSIR, Sanet Eksteen, University of Pretoria and Esri South Africa, and Stefan de Bruin, University of Pretoria

by Serena Coetzee, University of Pretoria and Julian Smit, University of Cape Town

by Samy Katumba and Serena Coetzee, University of Pretoria

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General papers: Day 1

Keynote address: From register to geo-information centre
by Kees de Zeeuw, Kadaster International


Development of best practice for GNSS surveys in South Africa
by Aslam Parker, Department Rural Development and Land Reform

by Christopher Williams-Wynn, Department Rural Development and Land Reform

Towards a national digital elevation model
by Julie Verhulp, Department Rural Development and Land Reform






Mine surveying: the transition from open pit to underground
by Colin Bennett, De Beers Consolidated Mines and Michael Livingstone-Blevins, Anglo American



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General papers: Day 2

by Dr. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, President, Institute of Navigation

by Glenn Stacey, Bekir Genc and Fred Cawood, University of Witwatersrand  

by Ian du Toit, Optron

by Chris Kirchhoff, 5Dsurvey and Kirchhoff Professional Surveyors  

by Dr. Corne Eloff, Airbus Defence and Space

by Francois Venter, Department of Health

by Adri de la Rey, Eskom ESI-GIS

by Brian Soliday, IkeGPS

by Janet Channing, MetGovis and Jenny Barnard, Professional GISc Practitioner

by Biff Lewis, Biff Lewis Geomatics

by Hennie Loots, GeoSpace

by Tebogo More, Statistics South Africa

by Stuart Martin, GeoTerraImage

by Nicolene Fourie, Department of Environmental Affairs

by Markus Holler, Hexagon Geospatial

by Chris Munyati and Refilwe Matsie, North-West University

by Michael Breetzke, Swift UAS Geospatial

by Sonet Kok, AviComply  

by Daan van Beek, Non-Proliferation Secretariat

by Albert Drijfhout, RPAS Training Academy

by Charles Toth and Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, The Ohio State University

by Philipp Amon, Ursula Riegl, Peter Rieger, Martin Pfennigbauer, Riegl Laser Measurement Systems

by Philip Bouwer, Thinus Prinsloo and Andreas Rademeyer, Pinkmatter Solutions

by Evelyn Sun, SuperMap Software and Mariska de Lange, 3D Laser Mapping

by Hannes Mazus, and Nisbert Takura Chimboza, GEO Data Design

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General papers: Day 3


Keynote address: Sensor, big data and OGC standards
by Carl Reed, former Chief Technology Officer at Open Geospatial Consortium

by Lindy-Anne Siebritz, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

by Nicolene Fourie, Department of Environmental Affairs

The need for data custodians to capture meaningful metadata
by Helena Fourie, Department Rural Development and Land Reform



by Cornelia Piani, Powertech System Integrators


The obstacles faced by location-based services in South Africa
by Laurette Coetzee and Marna Roos, AfriGIS

New Surveyor-General offices raise public awareness of Geomatics
by George Mhlanga, Department Rural Development and Land Reform

Geomatics and its role on the Bloodhound SSC project
by Teboho Maphakisa, Department Rural Development and Land Reform  

Cartography for the management of groundwater resources
by Freda Jonck, Department of Water and Sanitation



Airborne mapping - Big data for smart solutions
by Hartmut Rosengarten, Leica Geosystems

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