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  • Assessing the effects of land use on surface water quality in the lower uMfolozi floodplain system, South Africa 
    Dlamini, Mandla; Chirima, Johannes George; Jovanovic, Nebo; Adam, Elhadi (MDPI Publishing, 2021-01-20)
    This study investigated the impacts of cultivation on water and soil quality in the lower uMfolozi floodplain system in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. We did this by assessing seasonal variations in purposefully ...
  • Complete coding sequences of 23 South African domestic and wildlife rabies viruses 
    Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Mohale, Debrah; Phahladira, Baby; Ngoepe, Ernest Chuene; Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Mogano, Kgaogelo; Chirima, Johannes George; Suzuki, Toru; Makita, Kohei (American Society for Microbiology, 2020-09-17)
    South African rabies viruses originating from dogs and jackals (canid viruses) are closely related and highlight cross-species transmission events between the two canine species. Rabies due to the canid lyssavirus variant ...
  • Development and evaluation of a specialized task taxonomy for spatial planning – a map literacy experiment with topographic maps 
    Rautenbach, Victoria; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Coltekin, Arzu (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, ...
  • Results of an evaluation of augmented reality mobile development frameworks for addresses in augmented reality 
    Rautenbach, Victoria; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Jooste, Danie (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 ...
  • Reflections on a community-based service learning approach in a geoinformatics project module 
    Coetzee, Serena Martha; Rautenbach, Victoria (SpringerLink, 2016-10)
    Geoinformatics (also known as geographic information science) is the science and technology that underpins the collection, representation, processing, analysis, visualisation and dissemination of geographic information. ...
  • A solution for processing large files in the LASer (LAS) format using the message passing interface (MPI) and parallel file systems 
    Wendel, Jeffrey; Finn, Michael P.; Kosovich, John; Falgout, Jeff; Liu, Yan; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • Discussing the role of university in spatial data infrastructure construction : issues and challenges for UERJ-V-SDI 
    Ramos, Jose Augusto Sapienza; Ferreira, Carlos Eduardo Goncalves; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • Open standards and formats used in the implementation of a marine spatial data infrastructure at The Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation of the Brazilian navy 
    Carballini, Juan; Mandarino, Cmdr. Flavia; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • Geoportal MTOP 
    Bermudez, Hebenor; Fernandez, Ana; Marroni, Laura; Robert, Melissa; Godan, Federico; Strauch, Julia; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Rogerio, Borba (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • Conceptual data modeling in geospatial information technology tool kit (gittok) 
    Ota, Morishige; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • The Australian National Map 
    Belgun, Ana; Grochow, Keith; Henrikson, Mats; Leihn, Peter; Mason, Alexander; Raghnaill, Michelle Nic; Ring, Kevin; Simpson-Young, Bill; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • SDI – national to global : perspectives from the UK academic sector 
    Smyth, Conor G.; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • A decade of geoinformation sharing at ETH Zurich 
    Iosifescu-Enescu, Ionut; Iosifescu-Enescu, Christina; Pachaud, Nadia H.; Tsorlini, Angeliki; Hurni, Lorenz; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • Using OS software and open standards for implementing a European SDI via service Cascade 
    Lehto, Lassi; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • Interoperable provision of geodata and services according to the INSPIRE directive in German geoportal sites 
    Behr, Franz-Josef; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Paper presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
  • NSDI-BR - a historical and contemporary analysis 
    Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Fernandez, Wesley Silva; Strauch, Julia C.M.; Souza, Jano M.; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Cooper, A.K. (Antony Kyle); Camboim, Silvana; Anand, Suchith; Taylor, Trevor; Borba, R.L.R. (Rogerio); Strauch, Julia (International Cartographic Association (ICA), 2015)
    Proceedings of a pre-conference workshop of the 27th International Cartographic Conference: Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2015) 20-21 August 2015, Brazilian ...
  • Results from a survey of the South African GISc community show who they are and what they do 
    Coetzee, Serena Martha; Eksteen, Sanet Patricia; Roos, Adrian (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 ...
  • A qualitative comparison of South Africa’s geomatics professional body’s academic model against industry’s understanding of SDI knowledge and skills requirements 
    Coetzee, Serena Martha; Rautenbach, Victoria; Du Plessis, Heindrich; France, Derek; Higgitt, David (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 ...
  • Tertiary education institutions in Africa : cloudy with a chance of GISc education in some countries 
    Coetzee, Serena Martha; Eksteen, Sanet Patricia; Smit, Julian L.; Whittal, Jennifer (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 ...
  • Address data sharing : organizational motivators and barriers and their implications for the South African spatial data infrastructure 
    Sebake, Malete Daniel; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (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 ...