Geographic Information Science in South Africa

Zietsman, H. L.

doi:10.1080/03736245.2002.9713753

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“…This lack of awareness has since dissipated, in part, through the provision of a mandate, in the 1990's, to state institutions such as the Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping and the Chief Surveyor-General of South Africa. These institutions were tasked with driving the growth and development of GIS in South Africa and currently play a vital role in providing a basic geospatial framework for data (Zietsman, 2002). The availability of large-scale population datasets and the proliferation of open source desktop mapping systems in the 1990's have resulted in GIS becoming a fast-growing industry in South…”

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Geographical information systems (GIS) and policing in South Africa: a review

Breetzke

2006

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Geographical information systems (GIS) and policing in South Africa: a review

Breetzke

2006

Policing

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“…They were often supported through bursaries from provincial departments of education, which they then paid off by working in a secondary education institution. With the demise of the bursary system and the increasing reluctance of students to consider a low-paying high school job, student numbers declined in many geography departments, in some cases dramatically (Zietsman, 2002). Establishing new career-oriented programmes in tourism, local and regional development, environmental management and GIS has provided a means to attract students to courses that offer better employment prospects.…”

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Between the ‘Local’ and the ‘Global’: South African Geography after Apartheid

Mather

2007

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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South Africa's higher education system has undergone significant change since the end of apartheid. A central theme in the debates on higher education transformation has been the tension between the global imperatives of development and the need for universities to respond to the legacy of apartheid. This paper explores this tension by considering recent changes in geographical teaching and research. The paper argues that many of the tensions evident in higher education between the global and the local, which are as yet unresolved, find expression within South African geographical scholarship.

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“…South African universities have also responded to the international call for GIS education and currently most universities offer either a GIS degree or include substantial GIS components within a related degree or diploma. South African tertiary institutions have tended to adopt or develop their own curricula, based on the adaptations of those developed in North America and Europe (Zietsman, 2002). The majority of these programmes offered, however, were originally on-campus initiatives, with no real aspirations for the progression to distance education.…”

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A Critique of Distance Learning as an Educational Tool for GIS in South Africa

Breetzke

2007

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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The advancement of distance learning as an educational tool for geographic information systems (GIS) has been at the forefront of educational development at tertiary institutions in the last decade in South Africa. Distance education is envisaged as a means whereby previously disadvantaged members of society, of all ages, can enrol either directly or remotely at a tertiary education institution at a reduced cost.The experiences of the UNIGIS distance learning programme at the University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa have shown that logistical, technical and practical problems, including a high cancellation rate and the delayed completion of the programme in its entirety, abound when attempts are made to reproduce an internationally recognized distance-based course in a developing world environment.Critical success factors are identified and need to be fully satisfied before widespread GIS dissemination through distance education in South Africa can be achieved.

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Geographic Information Science in South Africa

Cited by 14 publications

References 3 publications

Geographical information systems (GIS) and policing in South Africa: a review

Geographical information systems (GIS) and policing in South Africa: a review

Between the ‘Local’ and the ‘Global’: South African Geography after Apartheid

A Critique of Distance Learning as an Educational Tool for GIS in South Africa

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