Conference Proceedings of Map Africa 2008
Inaugural Session
Spatially enabling government (
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Ian Williamson
Fast and Cost Efficient National Mapping Programs Using Constellations of High Resolution Satellites (
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Dr. Marc Tremblay
The International Cartographic Association and its activities supporting information and technology transfer
William Cartwright, Derek Clarke
Plenary Sessions
Real-time Geographies Monitoring and Managing Sustainable Societies and Environments
Josef Strobl
Introducing the new ERDAS (
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Dr. Thomas Bayer
Space Science and Technology Grand Challenge (
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Dr. Pontsho Maruping
Spatial Information: The foundation in the production & dissemination of official statistics (
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Ashwell Jenneker
Technical Sessions
Emerging Applications
A GIS-based National Household Energy Surveillance System:
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Genevieve Prud’homme
The Increasing Use of Modern Digital Airborne Sensors for Burgeoning Environmental Applications. (
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Kenneth Smillie
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) SA Chair Special Project: Data Democracy for Developing Countries (
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Alex Fortescue
Huge Images? Too Many Users? No Problem! (
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Ian Anderson
Remote Sensing for Developmengt of African Regions - Potential of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) Missions (
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Murthy Remilla L.N.
Building Remote Sensing Capabilities in Africa:The Nigerian Example
Idowu Innocent Abbas
Natural Resource Management
Historical vegetation changes in the Greater Gaborone area-Botswana
Reuben J. Sebego
The protection and management of agricultural land
A. Collett
Mapping Environmental sensitivity index of the Niger delta to oil spill; The policy, procedures and politics of oil spill response in Nigeria
Dr Oluseyi Fabiyi
Surveying and Mapping
An accuracy assessment of the Hartebeesthoek94, the geodetic datum of the Republic of South African
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Aslam Parker
Preliminary remote sensing investigation towards mineral potential mapping
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Luncedo Ngcofe
Mapping South Africa, with a Digital Aerial Camera, From the Perspective of the National Mapping Agency
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Tomasz Zakiewicz
Urban and Rural Planning
The Challenges of GIS Education and Training: (GIS use by Municipal Urban and Regional Planning)
Hester Marais
Spatially Enabled Datasets characterising the Urban Landscape
Stuart Martin
Partnership in Informal Tenure Upgrades
Emmanuel Offei Akrofi
Re-use of public sector environmental and land use information in property markets
Geoff Offen
Water Resources
Mapping of Water Bodies in the Cape Flats Area of Western Cape Using Remote Sensing: A Comparative Study for Two Periods (2000 and 2007)
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Abraham Thomas
Use of Geospatial Techniques in Hydrogeological Investigations: A Case Study from Purander Taluka, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
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Sampada Joshi
Web GIS
Rapid and Scalable Data Sharing in Disaster Situations with ERDAS TITAN
Amy Zeller
Creation of Cadastral database and Publishing it on the web for data retrieval, analysis and updation
Nikhil V. Dakshindas