by Patrick Vorster and Raoul Duesimi, CDNGI
South Africa’s National Mapping Organisation, the Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping (CDSM), was renamed the Chief Directorate National Geo-spatial Information (CDNGI) in 2009 (www.cdsm.gov.za). The CDNGI forms part of the National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (the former Department of Land Affairs).