The changing roles and mandates of African National Mapping Institutions vis-a-vis the advent of new geo-information technology
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United Nations. Economic and Social Council;United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
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The world is going through a period of unprecedented "Digital Revolution" which has altered and restructured various aspects of society. Recent advancement in sensor, space and computer technologies has changed drastically many classical methods and conventional instruments in Surveying and Mapping. Digital Surveying, Digital Remote Sensing, Digital Photograrnmetry, Digital Cartography which resulted from the new Geo information Technology have digital outputs into Geographical Information System (GIS). The paper reviews the mandates and Roles of National Mapping Institutions (NMI's) in Africa and the resultant changes, which will be necessitated by the new Geo information Technology in terms of Institutional Arrangement, Structural Adjustment, Survey Laws and Regulations, Commercialization of New Products, Personnel Structure, and Education and Research. Tlie paper also reviews new mandates arising from die development of national Spatial Data Base for GIS and US. The role of the Private sector and sources of funding through technical cooperation, Government subsidy and internally generated funds are also discussed. The new Geoinformation Technology is viewed as a panacea for Africa's economic recovery and development. Recommendations are made as to how NMI's should implement the adoption of Digital Technology.
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“United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1996-09). The changing roles and mandates of African National Mapping Institutions vis-a-vis the advent of new geo-information technology. UN. ECA Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa (9th : 1996, Nov. 11- 15 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/14787”Conference
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