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(European Commission Joint Research Centre, 2013)An address is a common reference for a multitude of information. In South Africa, multiple address datasets are developed and maintained by various public and private organizations with little or no cooperation on data ...
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(CONSAS Conference, 2013-06)The paper explores the adoption of ISO 19152, Geographic information -- Land Administration Domain Model (LADM), in the enhancement of the current City of Johannesburg Land Information System (CoJLIS) data model. The CoJLIS ...
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(Springer, 2014-02)This article reflects discussions German and South African Earth scientists, statisticians and risk analysts had on occasion of two bilateral workshops on Data Integration Technologies for Earth System Modelling and ...
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(CONSAS Conference, 2013-08)Accessibility to higher resolution earth observation satellites suggests an improvement in the potential for fine scale image classification. In this comparative study, imagery from three optical satellites (WorldView-2, ...
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(Elsevier, 2017-05)Topographic maps are among the most commonly used map types, however, their complex and information-rich designs depicting natural, human-made and cultural features make them difficult to read. Regardless of their complexity, ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-03-15)Agriculture has both direct and indirect effects on the quality of surface water and groundwater and is among the leading causes of water quality degradation, mainly as a result of the excessive use of agrochemicals. Water ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012-03)The launch of artificial satellites (as early as in 1957), specifically the launch of the first laser tracked satellite, Beacon-B, in 1964, has provided data sets which have allowed researchers to probe the long to medium ...
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(Geological Society of South Africa, 2011-12)We investigate the use of distribution functions to characterise the geophysical signals and noise components embedded in the geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) data sets across some of the International ...
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(3SMedia, 2013)The application of the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) to the City of Johannesburg Land Information System is based on the fact that different organisations have different responsibilities in data maintenance. Part ...
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(Elsevier, 2013-02).Space geodetic techniques and satellite missions play a crucial role in the determination and monitoring of geo-kinematics, Earth’s rotation and gravity fields. These three pillars of geodesy provide the basis for determining ...
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(Elsevier, 2013-01)An intelligent geoportal orchestrates (automatically coordinate) web services to prepare, discover and present information to the user. Implementations of web service standards by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2011)Geographical Information Systems (GIS) was phased into the geography curriculum of South African schools from 2006-2008 as part of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) for Grades 10-12. Since its introduction, GIS ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-07)African horse sickness (AHS) is a disease that is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and is caused by a virus potentially transmitted by a number of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) including Culicoides imicola ...
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(Routledge, 2015-01)The South African Spatial Data Infrastructure (SASDI) was established in 2003. Registration of geographical information science (GISc) practitioners by the South African geomatics professional body followed in 2004 and ...
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(CONSAS Conference, 2014-08)In the wake of the rapidly increasing global geospatial industry, a shortage of registered GISc professionals, as well as professional GISc registration challenges, have been reported in South Africa. The suitability of ...
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(Springer, 2016-06)Addresses displayed on dwellings and buildings play a key role in society. Amongst others, they are used for deliveries, in household surveys, to navigate, or to find friends. Sometimes, address signs are destroyed, displaced ...
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(CONSAS Conference, 2012-01)The value of GIS data in the functioning of both public and private organizations has increased enormously, to the extent that it is difficult to imagine a modern organization without the use of GI technologies. Currently, ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2013)The Commission on Geoinformation Infrastructures and Standards of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) is working on defining models of spatial data infrastructures (SDI). SDI models from the enterprise ...
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(CONSAS Conference, 2013-06)Concerns over the negative impact of the deteriorating environment and declining natural resources on economic and social development prompted the drive towards sustainable development, i.e. development that meets the needs ...
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Tertiary education institutions in Africa : cloudy with a chance of GISc education in some countries (CONSAS Conference, 2012-08)The world is facing many global challenges: climate change, food security, sustainable development and humanitarian assistance after disasters, to name a few. For Africa with its many natural resources, fast increasing ...
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