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Rectas: blazing the trail in capacity building for geoinformation production and management for sustainable management of land ,environment and natural resources in Africa
(2001-09)
The need for a Regional Cartographic Centre was first mooted at the 1st United Nations (UN) Cartographic Conference held in 1963 in Nairobi, Kenya. Consequently, the 8th Session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ...
The future orientation of geoinformation activities in Africa : an extended summary
(2001-05)
This study is part of coordinated activities by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to "raise awareness of African governments and other sectors of society on the importance of geographic information ...
Country report
(1999-06)
The Department of Surveys and Mapping is a specialist organisation which provides professional services and advice to Government, Parastatals and private companies on all matters related to land and geographic information, ...
Sub-committee on geoinformation / draft provisional annotated agenda/ using geoinformatin in knowledge-based societies
(2000-12)
Summaries of national reports covering progress made by the countries in the development of national capabilities in the field of cartography, remote sensing and geographic information systems, and
highlighting the status ...
Report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to the sub-committee on Geo-Information at the second meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI-2)
(2001-08)
This report presents the activities carried out by the Commission in the field of Geoinformation, since the first meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI), held in Addis Ababa from 28 June - 2 July 1999. ...
Developing a national framework for geo-spatial information in Ghana
(1999-06)
In Ghana, over the years considerable amount of valuable environmental information (geospatial information included) have been collected in various forms and in different depths by government ministries, departments and ...
Windhoek declaration on an African geodetic reference frame (AFREF) : outcome of the workshop on AFREF
(2003-03)
A uniform coordinate reference system is fundamental to any development project, application, service or product that requires some form of geo-referencing. All countries in the world have established some form of geodetic ...
Report on statistical activities : University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
(2001-08)
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) is a non-governmental international organization, devoted to the development of international cooperation for the advancement of knowledge, research, ...
Establishiment of a geographic database facility for Africa
(2001-08)
This paper focused on the establishment of a geographic database facility for Africa. The African regional facility shall lead African stakeholders in development of the African geospatial data infrastructure.