Mapping land boundaries is an important way to boost a country’s economic growth and development. It contributes towards better security of land ownership, allows land owners to get bank loans and helps governments to tax owners correctly. Unfortunately, in most African countries only about 30% of the land boundaries have been mapped. Mapping is done […]
At Drone Con 2017 earlier this year, senior economist Dr. Roelof Botha presented his insightful economic impact study which demonstrated that the South African drone industry could generate more than R2-billion per annum towards the country’s gross domestic product and could create 30 830 employment opportunities every year. Without obstacles, the drone industry could steadily grow at […]
Aviation is a fascinating field. In little over 110 years, mankind moved from fabric and wood crafts powered by a 12 horsepower piston engine that could barely lift one person 5 ft, all the way to the famed Airbus A380 which produces a truck-rolling 75 000 horsepower lifting over 550 passengers up to 43000 […]
The South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) held its President’s Invitation Lecture at the University of Johannesburg recently. Dr. Prathaban Moodley, the acting technology strategy manager at Eskom Research, Testing and Development, addressed an audience of 95 delegates on the topic of how incremental and disruptive technologies affect power utilities. People have had […]
Thorny issues around drone compliance and regulation will be a focal point at The Drone Con: A Drone Conference for Professionals, which takes place from 7 to 9 June 2017 at Vodacom World’s Conference Centre. The conference aims to outline a number of challenges that relate to the regulation of drones and unmanned aerial […]
Incidents involving drones can be minor, slightly humorous, or have extremely dire consequences. From a kiss-cam drone cutting off a piece of a person’s nose or a drone spying through the president’s bedroom window, to extreme cases such as an engineering drone flying into a crane operator who knocks down a portion of an […]
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 […]
Aciel Geomatics held a technical open day on 17 March 2017 to showcase their range of innovative products including deformation monitoring solutions, high definition scanners, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The open day was held at the Leriba Hotel in Centurion and kicked off with an overview of the Leica GeoMoS monitoring solution. Leica’s senior […]
