While awaiting the promulgation of the remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) regulations, AviComply and the RPAS Training Academy have organised an RPAS Demonstration Day which will be held on Friday, 7 November 2014. Major manufacturers and distributors of RPAS will do live demonstrations of their systems including pre-flight safety checks, flight planning and launching of […]
Proactive Afri Youth Geographic Information Systems (PAYGIS), founded and driven by Ekurhuleni GIS technician Tsakane Mathebula, has been paying visits to local “kasie” and schools, as well as rural schools. As a non-profit organisation, PAYGIS aims to expose high school pupils to GIS and remote sensing, and promote it as a career option. Using real-world […]
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. […]
