The FIG Foundation will be providing scholarships of up to €4000 to PhD students studying for a PhD degree and who are registered solely in a surveying/geomatics academic programme that teaches surveying in a country listed by the World Bank as a low-income, lower-middle or upper-middle income economy. The dead line for applications is 1 […]
The FIG Foundation will be providing research grants of up to €30 000 over three years to applicants based in a surveying/geomatics academic programme, with an established record of published research and with experience in managing postgraduate students. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2015. Grants will be awarded to a focussed research project. The […]
The City of Johannesburg’s Corporate GIS (CGIS) unit in conjunction with the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Information and Knowledge Management, Esri South Africa, and the Geo-Information Society of South Africa (GISSA) hosted the annual “Map your world through GIS” event for school pupils on 3 and 4 September 2014. The educational event aims […]
The 10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) is taking place from 27 to 31 October 2014 at the University of Johannesburg. A number of training and education workshops have been scheduled for the week prior (20 to 26 October 2014) to the AARSE conference. The courses […]
The University of the Witwatersrand has received a R12,5-million donation from Sibanye Gold towards mining and engineering education. At a handover ceremony held in in July 2014 at the Sibanye Gold Academy on the West Rand, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Prof. Beatrys Lacquet received the donation on behalf of the university from Sibanye Gold CEO, Neal […]
The Trimble Dimensions 2014 International User Conference is being held from 3-5 November 2014 at the Mirage and Treasure Island Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference sessions will address some of the hottest topics and ground-breaking trends in agriculture, construction, civil infrastructure, engineering, government, mapping, natural resources, surveying, telecommunications, transportation and logistics, and utilities. […]
Intergraph has entered into an educational training partnership agreement with Korea’s Chonnam National University, Yeosu campus, to teach students enrolled in its College of Engineering program using Intergraph’s SmartPlant Enterprise plant design solutions. Chonnam National University engineering students will be trained using Intergraph Smart 3D, SmartSketch, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant P&ID and SmartPlant Review solutions. […]
Esri South Africa recently hosted one of its monthly technical seminars for their clients, demonstrating different Esri Spatial Analysis tools and best practices to optimise workflow. Rudolf de Munnik and Liezel Botha presented the seminar to 80 clients across various sectors. Key focus areas were the desktop toolbox tools, as well as spatial workflow automation, […]
