Author:Veerasamy, Namosha; Yoolla, Yaseen; Dawood, Zubeida CDate:Jun 2022Geospatial data is often perceived as only being related to maps, compasses and locations. However, the application areas of geospatial data are far wider and even extend to the field of cybersecurity. Not only is there an ability to show ...Read more
Author:Pillay, DL; Sebake, MDDate:Nov 2008The significant land-use change in South African metropolitan areas, due to urbanization, created challenges of spatial development planning, infrastructure and service provision. This paper outlines the change detection analysis method applied ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Coetzee, S; Kourie, DGDate:Oct 2012In this paper the authors assess two repositories of volunteered geographical information (VGI) (the 2nd South African Bird Atlas Project and OpenStreetMap) against the seven commonly-used dimensions of the quality of geographical information ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, TDate:Oct 2012The paper presents the problems associated with current geographic information system (GIS) and the need for their integration with other specialised tooling such as statistics in R or matrix algebra of Octave. The authors take the stance ...Read more
Author:Le Maitre, David C; Van Wilgen, BW; Richardson, DMDate:1993Managers of natural areas require a wide variety of up-to-date and accurate information and maps to manage their lands effectively. This paper reviews the objectives of conservation management, and the problems faced by mountain catchment ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Gilfillan, TC; Potgieter, MA; Schmitz, P; Du Plessis, PMDate:Dec 1999Funded by the Innovation Fund of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in South African, the CSIR has been assisting the South African Police Service (SAPS) in projects to investigate the operational analysis of crime ...Read more
Author:Phaphana, HM; Cooper, Antony K; Wenhold, FDate:Oct 2014Research shows that food choices are affected by the food environment. Similarly, the presence of fruit and vegetables in the home results in greater fruit and vegetable consumption by children. A food desert is an area without ready access ...Read more
Author:Sogoni, Zukisa; Ngidi, M; Green, Chéri A; Mans, Gerbrand G; McKelly, David HDate:Sep 2018South Africa, as a developing country, is faced with a number of challenges, one of which is the provision of social facilities in an equitable and sustainable manner. The problem is compounded by uneven development arising from geographical ...Read more
Author:Roux, Michael P; Verhaeghe, Benoit MJA; Maritz, Johan; Arnold, Kathryn A; Le Roux, AlizeDate:Oct 2019The United Nations Environmental Programme describes the African continent as a ‘vulnerability hotspot’ for climate change. During the past four decades African countries have experienced more than 1 500 recorded weather-related disasters. ...Read more
Author:Baloyi, Ethel; Mokgalaka, Hunadi M; Green, Chéri A; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Aug 2017Ambulance vehicles are required to respond rapidly to medical emergencies. A number of factors may affect response times, most importantly the location of emergency services stations, the number of ambulance vehicles available at each station, ...Read more
Author:Veramoothea, P; Breytenbach, Andre; Baloyi, EDate:Aug 2015The built environment consists of various land uses and activities connected by a road network. The efficiency and effectiveness of the road network directly impacts economic growth and societal movement. This study involved the functional ...Read more
Author:Zhao, T; Debba, Pravesh; Stein, ADate:Jul 2008Spatial sampling optimization is an important issue for both geo-chemists and geo-statisticians. Many spatial sampling optimization methods have been previously developed. In this paper, we present a spatial simulated annealing method is ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony KDate:Mar 2009This paper aims to provide some geographical information (geoinformation) perspectives on innovation and economic growth in Africa, for the first Session of the Committee on
Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-1) of the ...Read more
Author:Ragoasha, Matsubu V; Maritz, Johan; Cooper, Antony KDate:Sep 2018A key challenge in rural South Africa is providing social facilities such as clinics. This is difficult due to the nature of settlement distributions, especially in traditional authority areas. Geospatial accessibility analysis can help find ...Read more
Author:Mokgalaka, HDate:Nov 2013The spatial realities and dynamics of a changing population with changing health care needs require regular and logical methods to evaluate and assist in primary health care (PHC) planning. Geographical access is an important aspect in the ...Read more
Author:Mambo, JDate:Mar 2012AIDS mortality, its linkages as a determinant and consequence of food security and its impact on natural resource utilisation by mainly rural populations, has not been well researched, especially their effects on rural livelihoods. Determining ...Read more
Author:Arnold, Kathryn A; Le Roux, Alize; Makhanya, Sibusisiwe ADate:Sep 2018Climate-related natural disasters have been steadily increasing in both incidence and intensity across the globe over the last century. This is especially true for Ethiopia given the country’s high and recurrent exposure to extreme droughts ...Read more
Author:De Lange, Willem J; Wise, RM; Forsyth, GG; Nahman, AntonDate:Jan 2010Sustainable natural resource management requires inputs from both the natural and the social sciences. Since social and natural systems are inter-related and inter-dependent, it is essential that these data can be integrated within a given ...Read more
Author:Abbott, GR; Parsons, SA; Maritz, Johan; Badenhorst, W; De Jager, PetaDate:Oct 2008While positive progress was being made in the latter half of last century in the treatment of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) epidemic across the world, the emergence of new drug resistant forms – multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and ...Read more
Author:Henrico, S; Coetzee, S; Cooper, Antony KDate:Feb 2020The study of terrain and all its related elements and facets are of crucial importance to the military. Lodi, Smit, and Ayirebi agreed with this statement and added that the importance of terrain was recognised by military leaders more than ...Read more