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The Academic SDI—Towards understanding spatial data infrastructures for research and education

Author: Coetzee, S ; Steiniger, S ; Köbben, B ; Iwaniak, A ; Cooper, Antony K Date: May 2017 The demand for geospatial data across different disciplines and organisations has led to the development and implementation of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) and the theory and concepts behind them. An SDI is an evolving concept about ... Read more
Acceptance of open source geospatial software: Assessing QGIS in South Africa with the UTAUT2 model

Author: Henrico, S ; Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K ; Rautenbach, V Date: Oct 2020 Geospatial information and technologies are widely used in South Africa, initially mostly with proprietary software but today, mature, open source alternatives such as QGIS are available. We wanted to find out if and why South African users ... Read more
Adapting the Dyna-CLUE model for simulating land use and land cover change in the Western Cape Province

Author: Tizora, P ; Le Roux, Alize ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Cooper, Antony K Date: Sep 2018 Models which integrate and evaluate diverse factors of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) change can be used to guide planners in making more informed decisions and achieving a balance between urban growth and preservation of the natural environment. ... Read more
Analysing commons to improve the design of volunteered geographic information repositories

Author: Van den Berg, H ; Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K Date: Jun 2011 Commons are resources that belong to or affect an entire community. In a Web 2.0 environment, users interact and collaborate with each other to produce user generated content that belongs to the community, i.e. a commons. Web 2.0 implies that ... Read more
Analysing the practical feasibility of FOSSGIS in military operations - A cholera outbreak use case

Author: Henrico, SJ ; Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K Date: 2018 Remaining ahead of the enemy in all circumstances is crucial to any military power. Geographic information systems (GIS) can provide the military commander with geospatial information about the theatre of war to assist with the planning and ... Read more
The applicability of the South African census 2011 data for evidence-based urban planning

Author: Khuluse-Makhanya, Sibusisiwe ; Dudeni-Tlhone, Nontembeko ; Holloway, Jennifer P ; Schmitz, P ; Waldeck, Louis ; Stein, A ; Debba, Pravesh ; Stylianides, Theo ; Du Plessis, Pierre ; Cooper, Antony K ; Baloyi, Ethel Date: Jun 2016 In urban planning it is important to understand settlements in terms of demographic, socio-economic, physical and political environmental characteristics. The objective is often to support municipalities, regional and national governments ... Read more
Are Earth Sciences lagging behind in data integration methodologies?

Author: Paasche, H ; Eberle, D ; Das, Sonali ; Cooper, Antony K ; Debba, Pravesh ; Dietrich, P ; Dudeni-Thlone, N ; Gläßer, C ; Kijko, A ; Knobloch, A ; Lausch, A ; Meyer, U ; Smit, A ; Stettler, A ; Werban, U Date: Nov 2013 This article reflects discussions German and South African Earth scientists, statisticians and risk analysts had on occasion of two bilateral workshops on Data Integration Technologies for Earth System Modelling and Resource Management. The ... Read more
Assessing the quality of repositories of volunteered geographical information

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Coetzee, S ; Kourie, DG Date: Oct 2012 In 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
An assessment of several taxonomies of volunteered geographical information

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Coetzee, S ; Kourie, DG Date: Apr 2012 User-generated content (UGC) in general, and volunteered geographical information (VGI) in particular, are becoming more important as sources for official data bases, such as those used in national spatial data infrastructures (SDIs). Discovering ... Read more
Assessment of spatial data infrastructures

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Das, S ; Coetzee, M ; Mans, Gerbrand G Date: Jul 2014 A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an evolving concept, essentially consisting of policies, institutional arrangements, Geographical Information Systems (GISs), data bases, networks, Web services and portals to facilitate and coordinate ... Read more
Breaking alibis through cell phone mapping

Author: Schmitz, P ; Cooper, Antony K ; Davidson, A ; Rossouw, K Date: 2000 The success of crime mapping, as described in this chapter, can be measured by the fact that the state advocate who prosecuted the case gave a seminal on the map to his colleagues. The prosecutor's seminar demonstrated that the use of the map ... Read more
Bridging the gap between private industry and government in infrastructure development planning

Author: Ittmann, HW ; Viljoen, NM ; Cooper, Antony K ; Van Dyk, FE Date: Jul 2013 Infrastructure development impacts directly on the economic growth and global competitiveness of a country. It is no secret that South Africa needs to drastically revitalise and expand its transport infrastructure, which is the focus of this ... Read more
Can the South African address standard (SANS 1883) work for small local municipalities?

Author: Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K Date: Oct 2008 The standard defines eleven address types that describe all forms of addresses currently in use in South Africa. The entity relationship diagram (ERD) in SANS 1883-2 includes no fewer than 26 tables and approximately 60 relationships between ... Read more
Capacitating local governments for the digital earth vision: Lessons learnt from the role of municipalities in the South African spatial data infrastructure

Author: Siebritz, LA ; Desai, A ; Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K Date: Nov 2021 The Digital Earth vision foresees the availability and accessibility of geospatial information to achieve the goals of sustainable development, economic growth and social well-being. In the case of urban areas, upto-date geospatial information ... Read more
Challenges for quality in volunteered geographical information

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Coetzee, S ; Kaczmarek, I ; Kourie, DG ; Iwaniak, A ; Kubik, T Date: May 2011 The University of Pretoria in South Africa and the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Poland have a joint research project under the SA/Poland Cooperation Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technologies, entitled ... Read more
Characterization and properties of breakwater structures modelled by a physics engine

Author: Greben, JM ; Gledhill, Irvy MA ; Cooper, Antony K ; De Villiers, R Date: Jan 2010 The authors examine the question of stability of breakwater structures using the simulation software PhysX. This “physics engine” can be used to construct various packings of breakwater elements, each of which can be used to analyze the damage ... Read more
Circular economy and human settlements

Author: Cooper, Antony K Date: Sep 2022 This invited presentation provides an overview of the circular economy in human settlements in South Africa, with some examples. Read more
The Circular Economy as Development Opportunity: Exploring Circular Economy Opportunities across South Africa’s Economic Sectors

Author: Godfrey, Linda K ; Nahman, Anton ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Trotter, Douglas ; Khan, Sumaya ; Nontso, Zintle ; Magweregwede, Fleckson ; Sereme, Busisiwe V ; Okole, Blessed N ; Gordon, Gregory ER ; Brown, Bernadette ; Pillay, Boyse ; Schoeman, Chanel ; Fazluddin, Shahed ; Ojijo, Vincent O ; Cooper, Antony K ; Kruger, Daniel M ; Napier, Mark ; Mokoena, Refiloe ; Steenkamp, Anton J ; Msimanga, Xolile P ; North, Brian C ; Seetal, Ashwin R ; Mathye, Salamina M Date: Dec 2021 The intention of this book is to present the CSIR’s position and interpretation of the circular economy, and to use it to drive discussions on where immediate circular economy opportunities are achievable in South Africa. Opportunities that ... Read more
The circular economy, human settlements and municipal government

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Kruger, Tinus ; Godfrey, Linda K ; Napier, Mark Date: Jan 2024 The linear economy is where resources (including energy and space) move through the economy in one direction, from being harvested, collected or mined, through refining and processing to create products and services, to uses and consumption, ... Read more
Collaborative custodianship through collaborative cloud mapping: Challenges and opportunities

Author: Coetzee, S ; Du Preez, J ; Behr, FJ ; Cooper, Antony K ; Odijk, M ; Vanlishout, S ; Buyle, R ; Jobst, M ; Chauke, M ; Fourie, Nicolene ; Schmitz, P ; Erwee, F Date: Jul 2019 Collaborative custodianship refers to an arrangement where a number of custodians work together to produce integrated datasets for a spatial data infrastructure (SDI), e.g. local authorities contributing address or street data to a national ... Read more

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