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The following Papers were reviewed and accepted by the Technical Committee. Click on the title to read the Paper Abstract and download a copy of the paper and presentation:

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Key Note Presentations:

Paper ID	Author(s)	Title	Session Name	Session #
66	Akombelwa, M, Abrahart, R & Haines-Young, R	Local Stakeholder Perceptions and the modelling of Land-Use Decisions: A case study of the Copperbelt Province of Zambia	Spatial Data Infrastructures	2C
101	Bailey, D	Wiki style documentation for the offices of the Surveyors-General	e-Cadastre	3A
103	Barry, M	University Education and the alternative path to registration as a Land Surveyor in Canada	Education	4A
104	Barry, M	The Talking Titler System - an Open Ended Evolutionary Design System for alternative Land Tenure Information Systems	Invited Speaker	1B
65	Botes, ZA, Smith, A & Uken, R	The Application of GIS Data Models for First Order Regional Flood Risk Determination in Ungauged Catchments for KwaZulu-Natal	Data models and standards	1C
37	Bowerman, PD	SA Braille Atlas	Mapping, cartography	7C
130	Clarke, D	Initiatives and Challenges of SDI in South Africa	Invited Speaker	4C
83	Coetzee, Van der Westhuizen	Developing Geospatial solutions for all spheres of Government to support better decision making	Municipal management systems	4B
115	Cooper, Coetzee, Kaczmarek, Kourie, Iwaniak, Kubik	Challenges for quality in volunteered geographical information	Spatial Data Infrastructures	5C
100	Danson	Managing solar effects in GNSS operations	GNSS / INS / Geodesy in Africa	1A
5	de Jager, P	Survey of the Blue Line	Engineering	2A
116	Ditsela, J, Coetzee, S & Cooper, A	Proposed criteria for the evaluation of an address assignment scheme in Botswana	Data models and standards	1C
137	du Toit, I	Deformation Monitoring Opportunities to Expand Business Horizons	Engineering	2A
71	Duncan, P & Smit, J	An investigation of automatic change detection of topographic features for South Africa’s National Mapping Agency	Land cover / use classification and applications	Poster presentation
73	Esterhuizen, M	The use of GIS in water services management through a linkage to the municipal financial system	Municipal management systems	4B
133	Fortescue, A	The use of Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging for Mineral Exploration and Baseline Environmental Auditing	Mining	3B
106	Fourie, C, van Niekerk, A & Mucina L	Optimising a one-class SVM for geographic object-based novelty detection	Land cover / use classification and applications	7B
49	Gibson, LA & Munch, Z	The importance of selecting accurate vegetation parameters when estimating evapotranspiration using the SEBS model - an example from a sparsely vegetated catchment, Eastern Cape	Land cover / use classification and applications	6C
47	Harper, IR	The Application of the Survey Data Model Technology for Accuracy and Efficiency in Cadastral Database Management across Local and National Jurisdictions.	e-Cadastre	5A
119	Innes, LM	The South African school geography classroom: potential nursery for local tertiary GIS education	Education	4A
105	Ipbuker, Dalgin, Ates	Suitable Projections for Small-scale GIS Applications	Mapping, cartography	7C
50	Jackson, J & Musonda, E	The role of documents in supporting land rights in an urban township	Land and Information Management for Informal Settlements	6B
124	Jenneker, A & Christians,E	Stats SA embarks on Collaborative Mapping to create a Service Delivery Information Framework (SDIF) for South Africa	StatsSA - Census 2011	3C
21	Jongeleen, S, Evans, A & Digue, M	Mobile mapping in a Southern African context	GNSS / INS / Geodesy in Africa	1A
57	Kleyn, L, Mhangara, P & Remas, H	Implementation of automatic spectral rule-based preliminary mapping for enhanced object-based classification of South African land cover classes.	Land cover / use classification and applications	6C
10	Kostadinov, A & Merk, G	Field to Internet: Anytime and Anywhere - Optimized processes in structural health monitoring systems of natural and man-made structures	Engineering	2A
82	Liebenberg, EC	The 1 : 50 000 "Irrigation Maps" of South Africa, 1934-1938.	Mapping, cartography & visualisation	7C
39	Lienhart, W	The impact of image assisted surveying and image based documentation on traditional surveying workflows	Invited Speaker	7A
131	Lloyd, G	Low Income Urban Designs that Evolve	Geospatial information for sustainable development in Africa	2B
78	Louw, E	How Accurate, Current, Enriched Data is Needed to Fuel the New Interest in LBS Applications Across Africa	Mapping, cartography & visualisation	7C
86	Louw, Sithole	Urban land use context for improved object extraction	Land cover / use classification and applications	7B
126	MacFaden Kotelo	Exploring different Geography and Land Use Types prevalent in South Africa to determine Enumeration Area types for Census 2011	StatsSA - Census 2011	3C
81	Mans, G	Using dasymetric mapping principles to facilitate data integration when working with socio-economic data	Data models and standards	1C
109	Mapurisa, Sithole	3D Object segmentation of point clouds using profiling techniques	Laser scanning	5B
70	Mapurisa, WT	Alpha shapes based point cloud filtering, segmentation and feature detection	Laser scanning	5B
127	Mashawana, W	Place names demarcation and its challenges: Census 2011	StatsSA - Census 2011	3C
60	Mhangara, P, Odindi, J, Remas, H & Kleyn, L	Mapping urban areas using object oriented classification	Land cover / use classification and applications	7B
25	Mogaji, KA	Mapping of lineaments for groundwater targeting in basement complex area of Ondo State using remotely sensed data	Land cover / use classification and applications	7B
128	Mokgokolo, J	Challenges experienced with the demarcation of Enumeration Areas for Census 2011	StatsSA - Census 2011	3C
80	Mothibi, K, Malatsi, B & Finnstrom, A	Systematic adjudication on tribal land in Botswana	Communal land and tenure challenges	6B
99	Musungu, Motala, Smit	A Participatory approach to data collection for GIS for flood Risk Management in Informal Settlements of Cape Town	Spatial Data Infrastructures	5C
16	Muzondo, IF	The Future of Surveying and Geomatics Programmes in South Africa	Education	Poster presentation
14	Muzondo, IF & La Cock, R	Survey Training Terrain and Integrated Task Training in Geomatics	Education	4A
40	Naidoo, L, Cho, MA, Mathieu, R & Asner, GP	Spectral Mapping of Savanna tree species at canopy level using a new integrated hyperspectral & lidar approach	Land cover / use classification and applications	6C
51	Nel, L	Municipal information systems: e-governance – founding the dream in reality	Municipal management systems	4B
132	Newling, M	Surveying on a Moving Vessel	Hydrographic	3A
22	Nicholls, GM, Kourie, D & Strauss, T	Sensitivity Analysis of Static Sensor Deployment and Reconfiguration Algorithms	Data models and standards	1C
26	Piani, CU	Land Rights in a Spatial Environment	Geospatial information for sustainable development in Africa	2B
33	Poona, N	Discriminating the occurrence of pitch canker in Pinus radiata forests using QuickBird and artificial neural networks	Land cover / use classification and applications	6C
123	Ramdewor	Vacant Land Audit in the city of Cape Town: Analysis for determining suitable vacant land for Social Housing	Spatial Data Infrastructures	Poster presentation
38	Raubenheimer, JH	Development of a GISc Programme for CPUT	Education	4A
11	Rautenbach, V-J	Fundamental Spatal Datasets for Municipalities	Municipal management systems	4B
138	Richards, S	Underground Mapping with Carlson Software	Mining	3A
24	Roux, L & Barry, M	Land Transactions in Social Housing in the Western Cape of South Africa: A Narrative of Bergdorp	Land and Information Management for Informal Settlements	6B
87	Rubinov, Collier, Fuller, Seager	Review of GNSS Formats for Real-Time Positioning	GNSS / INS / Geodesy in Africa	1A
122	Ruther	Challenges in Heritage Documentation with Terrestrial Laser Scanning	Invited Speaker	7A
107	Sebake, Coetzee	On motivators and barriers of interorganizational GIS data sharing for address organizations in a South African SDI	Spatial Data Infrastructures	2C
91	Stallmann, CF, Meyer, J, Pretorius, A & Maass, F	An Open Source Implementation of Automated Orthorectification using a Rational Polynomial Coefficients Model	Digital aerial image development & photogrammetry	3B
84	Stamatopoulos, Fraser	An orthogonal projection model for photogrammetric orientation of long focal length imagery	Digital aerial image development & photogrammetry	3B
42	Stapleton, MR	Survey of properties dissected by the creation of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) boundaries.	Cadastral	6A
13	Strydom, SA	Marketing the Survey Profession	Profession	5A
20	Strydom, SA	The Surveyor's Role in Registration of Mineral Rights	Mining	3A
94	van den Berg, Serena Coetzee, Antony Cooper	Analysing commons to improve the design of volunteered geographic information repositories	Spatial Data Infrastructures	5C
112	Whittal, Akrofi	Traditional governance and customary peri-urban land delivery: a case study of Asokore-Mampong in Ghana.	Communal land and tenure challenges	6B
95	Whittal, J	Implications of the Integrated Coastal Management Act No 24 of 2008 on the South African coastal cadastre and its survey and management	Cadastral	6A
96	Whittal, Mabesa	Analysis of the current cadastral system in Lesotho using Viable Systems Modelling (VSM)	Cadastral	6A
111	Whittal, Meelun, Evans	Analysis of Spatial Heterogeneity in Modelling High-Priced Residential Properties of Cape Town Using Neural Networks	Geospatial information for sustainable development in Africa	2B
136	Williams-Wynn, C	Practical examples of the legal position of the High Water Mark at a specific point in time	Cadastral	6A
72	Wilson, P	Emerging Geospatial Tools for the Electrical Grid	Spatial Data Infrastructures	2C
120	Wolking, Kleiner	Advanced Development of Autonomous Semi-Submersible Vehicles for Maritime Applications	Hydrographic	3A
18	Wonnacott, R & Merry, C	An Alternative Vertical Datum for South Africa?	GNSS / INS / Geodesy in Africa	1A
134	Zimmermann, O	From the Sensor to the Internet	Digital aerial image development & photogrammetry	3B

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