Help us choose the best technical article in PositionIT for 2015 and win R1000
You are invited to help the editorial committee of EE Publishers choose the best article in PositionIT magazine for 2015.
Qualifying articles are limited to those by authors in South Africa, and exclude company white papers or information supplied under a company name.
The EE Publishers editorial committee has chosen what it considers to be the top five qualifying articles of 2015 (below), and requests your participation in choosing the best article from these finalists.
The 20th person that votes to select a potential winner from the papers below will win R1000 sponsored by EE Publishers.
The author of the winning paper will receive a Canon i-SENSYS MF 8280Cw series device valued at about R4000, kindly sponsored by Canon.
Voting deadline: 11 pm, 15 January 2016
The finalists chosen by the EE Publishers editorial committee, in order of publication date, are:
by Teboho Maphakisa, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
PositionIT April 2015, pp 22 - 25
This article details how satellite remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and surveying methods are being used on the Bloodhound Supersonic Car project to ensure that a suitable site is used for the World Land Speed Record challenge. The Bloodhound SCC...
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by Annalie Fourie, SiQ
PositionIT April 2015, pp 37 - 40
As in other industries, accurate, reliable and timely information is very important for informed decision making. For example, to reduce uncertainty in the grain industry, it is very important that accurate and reliable crop estimates be conducted. Also, to develop appropriate ....
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by Biff Lewis, Professional Land Surveyor
PositionIT July 2015, pp 22 - 30
This is my story. The Surveyor-General (SG) will have his story, Messrs Groenewald, Horn, PLS du Toit, Sauerman and many others will have theirs. The story is a true story. It is a tragedy. It has no happy ending and has been playing out and unfolding for 27 years, and...
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PositionIT July 2015, pp 26-30
The technological age of electronic distance measurement, satellite positioning, 4x4s and aeroplanes often numbs one's appreciation of what our surveying predecessors accomplished. Much is taken for granted and time should be taken to stand still to honour these men... (more) (vote)
by Annemarie Fish, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
PositionIT October 2015, pp 35 - 40
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) in the Eastern Cape embarked on the focused skills development programme linked to professionalisation of youth in the built environment. The programme commenced in 2012 and was initiated with a request...
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