In 2013, Southern Mapping Company (SMC) was contracted by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) of Berlin, Germany, to fly 216 discrete areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a programme to estimate carbon storage in the tropical forest. WWF, in conjunction with the University of California, Los Angeles […]
Midcomp Azero has long been at the forefront of the printing industry, specifically asserting its role in the mining and GIS industries. The advent of HP’s PageWide technology ushers in a new era for the company. The new era will still be underpinned by the customer service for which the company has become known. […]
Everybody in the industry wants to achieve greater efficiency as they need to complete more work in less time, and Maptek technology is a proven enabler of productivity improvements for mine planning and operations. If surveyors can report more efficiently on their stockpile volumes, update pit surfaces and monitor active mining faces, they are […]
Today’s enterprise-level companies face a number of timely challenges. How do we quickly, easily, and efficiently communicate information to a diverse user base? How can we assess rapidly changing world markets to refocus our resources? Maps have proven to be an effective way to communicate information, but they take time to create. We need […]
GeoSpace International – a South African Level 2 BBBEE service provider – is the market leader in digital aerial photography, socio-demographic field surveys and census mapping solutions in Africa. GeoSpace is proud to announce the upgrading of its large format camera system from the DMC I to DMC III from Leica Geosystems – a […]
After 70 years of dedicated, quality service and a customer-centric approach, survey instrument supplier and manufacturer Afgen remains focused on the future. Over its seven-decade history Afgen has seen technologies come and go, and has always realised the value of prioritising customers’ needs as central business practice. From its origins in a then residential property […]
They are calling it a game-changer – the SX10 is a new scanning total station that combines super-fast 3D laser scanning, high resolution imagery and extremely accurate survey positioning into one device. Released on 6 October 2016, this new all-in-one technology scanning total station for surveyors has the potential to cut workflow times in […]
Sokkia unveiled its new iX Series robotic total station together with its southern African distributor Protsurv Geo Centre at Geomatics Indaba 2016, the annual gathering of the South African surveying and geospatial industry. The iX Series robotic total station comes in 1, 2, 3 and 5 arc second accuracies with the 500 and 1000 […]
Satellite-based information is a useful tool for assessing and monitoring various water hazards, including droughts, floods and water pollution. South Africa, like any other country in the region, has been seriously affected by the El Niño phenomena which caused severe drought in certain areas of the country with severe water shortages being experienced by […]
The individual measurement sensors, field computer and software applications of the recently announced Topcon Elite Survey Suite are designed from the ground up to work together seamlessly through a single software solution – a first of its kind in the industry. Topcon’s Elite Survey Suite is a new solution that incorporates features such as […]
