53rd Plenary Week ISO / TC211
AfriGIS, Africa's leaders in geospatial science and geospatial information solutions, will be attending the international ISO/TC211 Standards in Action workshop where countries showcase the work they are doing in the standards environment. This workshop is open to the public.
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AfriGIS, Africa's leaders in geospatial science and geospatial information solutions, recently attended the international ISO/TC211 Standards in Action workshop where countries showcase the work they are doing in the standards environment. Various delegates from AfriGIS attended this inspiring workshop.
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There is a buzzword every year. We seem to have our pick of three letter acronyms and catch phrases in boardrooms in the same way we have top 20 music hits on the radio. “Geographical standards” have become one of those flavoured phrases.
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The first quarter AfriGIS Data and Spatial Workshop took place on 3 April 2019 at the Bytes Technology Conference Centre in Gauteng, bringing together business and data experts to further explore the previous year’s theme on Big Data management, systems, procedures and analytics. This year, the focus in on the future of Big Data, and new ways of sustaining it...
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Standardisation a main driving force Dec 6 2017 The 45th Plenary week of ISO/TC211 was held in Wellington, New Zealand, during the last week of November 2017. Like a symphony, it takes a lot of people working together to develop a standard. ISO’s role is similar to that of a conductor, while the orchestra is made up of independent technical experts nominated by our members...
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