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National Mapping Organisation Of South Africa

National Mapping Organisation Of South Africa. Dr Derek Clarke National Geo-spatial Information. NMO-Industry Forum 2011. National Mapping Organisation of South Africa. National Geo-spatial Information is the national mapping organisation of South Africa Mandate from legislation

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National Mapping Organisation Of South Africa

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  1. National Mapping Organisation Of South Africa Dr Derek Clarke National Geo-spatial Information NMO-Industry Forum 2011

  2. National Mapping Organisation of South Africa National Geo-spatial Information is the national mapping organisation of South Africa Mandate from legislation Land Survey Act Spatial Data Infrastructure Act

  3. National Mapping Organisation of South Africa Responsible for: • Geodetic and topographic surveying; • National spatial reference frame; • National aerial imagery; • National mapping; • National spatial data infrastructure (2010) • Archive of records Not responsible for: • Regulating cadastral surveys • Cadastral mapping

  4. National Mapping Organisation of South Africa Key work programme for 2011/12: • Maintain 980 of the 29 000 trig beacons; • Operate CORS (GNSS) real time and post process – currently 56 stations; • High accuracy geoid of South Africa; • Complete fully structured topographic database mid-2011 - nominal scale 1:50000; • Update changes to topographic database – 99% of main features within 12 months; • Acquire 315 000 km2 of digital aerial imagery and process to ortho-image;

  5. National Mapping Organisation of South Africa • Land cover and land use mapping (new programme) – test methodology; • SA Spatial Data Infrastructure (SASDI): • Review legislation for SDI • Formulation of key policies • Assign official data custodians • Publication of key standards • Promote meta-data discovery facility. Budget: US$16.7 million

  6. National Mapping Organisation of South Africa Some challenges: • Conflict between political agenda of rural development and mandate of NMO; • Budgetary cuts – not able to achieve user-demanded targets; • Recruitment of skilled professional and technical staff; • Making up lost ground with SASDI; • Ground truthing/local knowledge – budget and staff limitations; • User awareness; • Product distribution.

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