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  • 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 ...
  • Application of the Land Administration Domain Model to the City of Johannesburg Land Information System 
    Tjia, Dinao; Coetzee, Serena Martha (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 ...
  • Are earth sciences lagging behind in data integration methodologies? 
    Paasche, Hendrik; Eberle, Detlef; Das, Sonali; Cooper, Antony Kyle; Debba, Pravesh; Dietrich, Peter; Dudeni-Thlone, Nontembeko; Gläßer, Cornelia; Kijko, Andrzej; Knobloch, Andreas; Lausch, Angela; Meyer, Uwe; Smit, Ansie; Stettler, E. (Edgar Heinz); Werban, Ulrike (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Comparing three spaceborne optical sensors via fine scale pixel based urban land cover classification products 
    Breytenbach, Andre; Eloff, Corne; Pretorius, Erika (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, ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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, ...
  • 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 ...
  • Effect of farming activities on seasonal variation of water quality of Bonsma Dam, KwaZulu-Natal 
    Shabalala, A.N.; Combrinck, W.L.; McCrindle, Robert (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Global geopotential models from satellite laser ranging data with geophysical applications : a review 
    Botai, Mihloti Christina; Combrinck, Ludwig (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 ...
  • Inferences of α-stable distribution of the underlying noise components in geodetic data 
    Botai, Joel Ongego; Combrinck, Ludwig; Sivakumar, Venkataraman (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • A new model for the City of Johannesburg information : Part 1 
    Coetzee, Serena Martha; Tjia, Dinao (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • On the global geodetic observing system : Africa's preparedness and challenges 
    Botai, Joel Ongego; Combrinck, Ludwig; Rautenbach, Cornelis Johannes de Wet (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Orchestrating OGC web services to produce thematic maps in a spatial information infrastructure 
    Rautenbach, Victoria; Coetzee, Serena Martha; Iwaniak, Adam (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 ...
  • Paper-based GIS : a practical answer to the implementation of GIS education into resource-poor schools in South Africa 
    Breetzke, Gregory Dennis; Eksteen, Sanet Patricia; Pretorius, Erika (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 ...