Is local level implementation of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) in South Africa feasible?

Cooper, Antony Kyle ; Makgale, Flora ; Hattingh, Marcelle

With the rapid advancement of drone technology, its applications in the field of mapping have been continuously expanding in both scope and depth. Compared to traditional mapping techniques, drones have emerged as a critical tool for geographic information collection due to their efficiency, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. This paper focuses on widely used flight path planning methods for drones in the context of mapping and proposes an object-oriented three-dimensional (3D) flight path planning method, which enables more intelligent and precise flight path planning by integrating the characteristics of object features. Additionally, the study explores mapping techniques based on refined 3D models, where the refined models are utilized to generate various types of mapping products. The findings of this research offer novel solutions and promising development prospects for the drone-based mapping industry, paving the way for smarter, more accurate, and diversified mapping applications.

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Published in:: Advances in cartography and GIScience of the ICA
Vol. 5.2025 (20.10.2025), art. no. 9, p. 1-8
Volume:: 5.2025
Publication date:: 20.10.2025
URN:: urn:nbn:de:0307-20260804-001-0
DOI:: 10.5194/ica-adv-5-9-2025
Language:: English
Type of Resource:: Text
Extent:: 1 Online-Ressource (Seite 1-8, 896,46 kB) : 1 Illustration, 1 Textdatei (PDF)
Keywords:: municipality; developing country; South African Spatial Data Infrastructure; SASDI; Committee for Spatial Information; CSI; governance structure; Gemeinde^GND; Entwicklungsländer^GND; Südafrikanische Geodateninfrastruktur; Ausschuss für Rauminformationen; Governance-Struktur
Geographic:: South Africa
Südafrika^GND
Geographic coordinates:: 024.000000 -029.000000
DDC subject of DNB:: 520 Astronomy & allied sciences
URL:: https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-adv-5-9-2025
URL:: https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/9/2025/
Link to Raw Object:: https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/9/2025/ica-adv-5-9-2025.pdf
Hosting institution:: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) [ZA]
Hosting institution:: University of Pretoria (UP) [ZA]
Hosting institution:: Internationale Forschungseinrichtungen
Statement of responsibility:: Antony K. Cooper, Flora Makgale, Marcelle Hattingh
Bibliographic notes:: Published in: Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the ICA, Volume 5, 2025 - 32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2025); 17-22 August 2025, Vancouver, Canada; Editors: Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, Jonathan Li, and Emmanuel Stefanakis | https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/index.html