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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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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.
Geoinformation in support of decentralization and community empowerment
(2003-05)
The demand for spatial information in relation to decision-making can be considered from different perspectives. First and foremost, the process of making decisions requires information as an input. Decisions made in this ...
Social and commercial benefits of geo-information
(1999-06)
In the domain of information, there is a need to be more specific about the type of information under consideration. Indeed information has huge content and in the absence of specification about the type of information we ...
Subcommittee of Geo-information synthesis report of activities of ECA sponsored regional centres of excellence in the field of Geo-information
(2007-04)
This report is a synthesis of activities that are relevant to the work of the Subcommittee on Geo-information, undertaken by regional centers of excellence in geo-information sponsored by the United Nations Economic ...
Report on the workshop on use of geoinformation in development
(2005-04)
The workshop was mainly discussions on the factors enabling the use of
geo-information in Africa's development.An issue that will have to be addressed in this regard is the coordination of these efforts to ensure that ...
Recommendations of the regional workshop on a permanent committee on SDIs for Africa : sub - committee on geoinformation: technical issues
(2003-03)
This paper focused on sub-committee on geo information: Technical issues recommendations of the regional workshop on a permanent committee on SDIS for Africa.