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The Spatial Data Infrastructure Act (
Act 54 of 2003) requires the Department of Land Affairs to develop and implement an SDI for the country. The objectives of the South African Spatial Data Infrastructure include:
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Promote the use of Spatial Information for socio-economic development through
education, training, capacity building and awareness creation.
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Promote inter-departmental relations i.e. create an environment which facilitates
co-ordination and co-operation.
To achieve these objectives, the department is contributing towards the development of the geography teachers and subject advisors by introducing them to the real world applications of
geography. The purpose of the project is to assist the Department of Education introduce GIS, as part of the National Curriculum Statement to be implemented in year 2006. The project aims to enhance geography as a subject.
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| Mapping Priority Claims |
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The main purpose of the project is to
develop a spatial database of all priority claims with a view of
mapping, verifying and or capturing key variables and indicators.
Generally this project will map all priority land claims identified by Regional Land Claims Commissioners.
Provide additional Spatial information as well as land claims attribute information which can enable the claimed land to be linked effectively to other development initiatives
Give a better understanding of the type of the land being claimed, its location within the local municipality and its Integrated Development plans
(IDPs) which incorporates its Spatial Development Framework (SDFs) and also an indication of possible economic activities the claimants could engage in.
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Support
presidential programmes
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The NSIF
support presidential programmes(URP and ISRDP)
with supply of spatial information for the
preparation of Spatial
Development Frameworks (SDF’s) as part of
their Integrated Development Plans (IDP’s).
And also offer technical advise on GIS
implementation to URP, ISRDP and other
municipalities.
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| The
(communal Land Rights Act) CLRA mapping
project |
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project forms part of a baseline study by the
directorate: Monitoring and Evaluation in the
Department of Land Affairs (DLA) in terms of
adhering to the objectives to the act. The
Internal GIS performs statistical analyses to
identify the number of people in each local
municipality which covers communal land. The
number of households for those areas are
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| Development
of National Standards |
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1)
The South African Metadata Standard
(SANS 1878):
This standard has gone through the revision
process and has been circulated for comments
and voting. Once voted upon, the standard will
be adopted as a draft South African Standard.
Statistics South Africa is planning a pilot
implementation of the standard. More comments
have been received from Statistics South
Africa and these comments will be adjudicated.
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The Feature Instance Identification
Standard (SANS 1876):
This standard has followed a similar process
as the metadata standard. Once all votes have
been received will the standard be adopted as
a draft South African Standard. In terms of
the SDI Act, all organs of state are compelled
to promote interoperability between data sets
and systems, and these standards support the
objectives of the Act.
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New work item proposal (SANS 1883):
This is a new proposal to formalize addressing
in South Africa. The standard will comprise 7
different parts. These standards are developed
under the auspices of SC 71 E, a committee
hosted by Standards South Africa. Their next
meeting is scheduled for December 1 2004. |
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| The
Committee for Spatial Information |
The
SDI Act calls for the establishment of the
Committee for Spatial Information, whose main
function will be to look at strategic issues
regarding the use of GIS within government,
and to create a national GIS strategy for the
country. The CSI will also have 3 sub
committees or task teams that will be the
working arms of the Committee.
These are: Policy, Technical and
Liaison. (Click
here for more details)
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The
creation of an SDI Booklet (future
listing)
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This will be a
special publication that will contain the
following chapters: SDI Act Dummies Guide, The
Pricing Policy for organs of state, and all
metadata records as stored on our system to
date. These booklets will be presented to the
members of the Committee for Spatial
Information at the first inaugural meeting.
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| Best
practice for GIS mapping in Provincial Government |
Best
practice for placing a GIS at Provincial
Government Level:
This
project was initiated at the beginning of the
year. So far 2 provincial GIS offices have
been visited. These include North-west and
Mpumalanga provincial offices. Some findings
were made. The project will be outsourced for
completion. |
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