This article discusses the economic importance of geospatial layers for the continent of Africa and provides details on the geospatial layers included in the company’s AfricaProfiler dataset. Africa is a continent not a country, so often when reference is made to the continent it is grouped as a country which becomes extremely confusing. Africa […]
Roughly two years ago drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), received attention in various communities for their potential, specifically for the valuable data they could offer in real-time information that could be used to aid numerous day-to-day problems. Sectors such as construction, surveying, mining, GIS, insurance and agriculture all have enormous potential for UAV […]
This article illustrates the real-time ground behaviour monitoring system for the Sterkfontein Caves. A geospatial subsidence hazard model of the Sterkfontein Caves used a GIS approach to identify potentially hazardous areas from the point of view of ground movement and possible collapse. The aim of that study is to ensure public safety in a […]
Beneficiaries of Esri South Africa’s non-profit organisation programme include expanded works programmes such as Working on Fire and Working for Water. This article looks at how the high-altitude teams working for these programmes make use of mobile GIS in their quest to remove invasive plant species. The Department of Environmental Affairs’ environmental programmes such […]
The Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (IPPPP) was put in place to manage the involvement and development of the Independent Power Producers (IPPs). Most of the IPP projects will be connecting to the Eskom electrical network. To this end the IPP sites need to be mapped. This article describes how they are mapped at […]
Remote sensing is fast becoming the preferred means of data collection through satellite and RPAS sensors. These sensors, compared to traditional data collection, are vastly superior not only in price but also in reliability. One question, however, remains, what to do with the data. This article will take a look at geospatial solutions derived […]
Engineering firms and owner-operators in water and wastewater utilities are constantly looking for better ways to reduce the total cost of infrastructure projects. To meet this end, many are taking a total expenditure (Totex) approach to managing and operating their water and wastewater infrastructure assets. As the demand for new infrastructure grows, owner-operators are […]
The Community Survey for 2016 was the first large-scale Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) survey to be conducted electronically. This article details how Stats SA made use of technological innovations to streamline processes, shorten response times and provide reliable and better quality products. The time and cost savings that resulted were substantial. Stats SA has […]
Professional registration provides a means of public accountability and instils trust in a profession. With the Geomatics Profession Act of 2013 more clearly focussing on Geo-Information Science (GISc) practitioners than previous legislation, professional registration has become increasingly topical. Geomatics professionals play an important role in society, irrespective of whether they work in the public […]
The revolution of Web 2.0 has brought the development of two important working methodologies: crowdsourcing and “wisdom of the crowd”. The two are widely used today in a variety of research and working fields, as well as within the mapping and geo-information discipline. This article aims to distinguish between the two, via the quantitative […]
