December 2005

LEAD EDITORIAL

The greater change in 2005: PositionIT

After three successful editions of PositionIT, I am sure that you will agree that South Africa now has a world class, credible journal catering for the surveying, GIS, GPS and location based services sectors.

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COVER STORY

Southern Africa’s Trimble construction distributor

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VIEWS and OPINION

Is the SA professional skills shortage self-inflicted?

Cheap imports - friend or foe?

IT is a service industry, remember?

INSTITUTE NEWS

Conference in support of Africa's development

SAGI meets senior geomatics officials in Ghana

New Year message from the president of SAGI

Note from the new GISSA chair

World Summit on the Information Society opens in Tunis

Plato Council members

SAGI meets senior geomatics officials in Ghana

UNVERSITY NEWS

CPD course on urban management information systems

Post-graduate courses at UCT

UJ professor scoops IT award and challenges industry

SURVEYING

Conserving Africa’s cultural
heritage digitally

A unified reference frame
for Africa

GIS

GIS solutions within government

DATA VISUALISATION

The reality of printing in colour

APPLICATIONS

Impact imminent

Trade area analysis - what is it
and why does the market need it?

SURVEYING NEWS

Tanzania and Zambia select new mineral rights solutions

Integrated survey solution

Static software improves GPS accuracy

Mineral and mining projects with IKONOS

Lloyd & Hill Inc - new practice announcement

Customisation and free trials

China builds five high-precision GPS infrastructure networks

ICT in rural service delivery

GIS NEWS

Cities manage service requests and complaints

GIS's future is with our children

AfricaGIS 2005 has come and gone

Self study GIS tutorial book

Image server

Mobile GIS for emergency evaluations

Top CIO for Africa award

ICT in rural service delivery

DATA VISUALISATION NEWS

High volume low cost colour printing

Satellite image prints

New navigation software released

XML-enabled and SAP integratable
printers

Improved disaster management at
Red Cross Society

Tsunami hazard maps

White ink and clear varnish
enhance images

Web portal for efficient access to
online data

Super-fast LCD monitor

Plotting device for the GIS market

Super-fast LCD monitor

New BEE partnership

APPLICATION NEWS

Google takes the bus

Optical distance sensor employing PMD technology

Radio modem with weather station

Topcon GPS has arrived!

New handheld for professional and private use

New BEE partnership

Antenna for tracking of criminals

Trade area analysis project

Off the shelf RFID solutions

GPS for emergencies scoops award

Back to basics

Tracking solution guarantees asset recovery

Worldwide DGPS service

Your ultimate travel companion

Revenues from LBS in Europe to reach €274-million in 2005

Resources

• EE Books

• EE Buyers Guides

• EE Downloads

• EE Forums

• EE Events

• EE Links

• EE News

• EE News List

• EE Vacancies

Institutes

• CSSA

• GISSA

• ICMEESA

• IEE

• IEEE

• SAGI

• SAIEE

Industry Associations

• AMEU

• CIGRE

• ECA

• EEAIA

• EIF

• NML

• SAEEC

• SAFA

• SANAS

• WEC/SANEA

Media

• AllAfrica

• Business Day

• Business Report

• Engineering News

• Finance 24

• Financial Mail

• Independent Online

• Mail & Guardian