Project Design for Geomatics Engineers and Surveyors, Second Edition (2023) by Clement Ogaja, Nashon Adero, and Derrick Koome., Mar 2023
This module has been prepared to address the urgent need in Africa for modern, practice-oriented ... more This module has been prepared to address the urgent need in Africa for modern, practice-oriented and locally relevant training of surveyors and engineers to be engaged actively in surveying and mapping related to mining and geosciences. The contents have mainly drawn on the author's experience in Kenya as a tunnel surveyor and university lecturer of engineering surveying, mining surveying, and GIS. The material shared here reinforces the contents of a similar chapter by the author in a modern book on Geomatics, which is hereby recommended as a reference book for further topics with details on executing modern surveying and geomatics engineering assignments. The book is Project Design for Geomatics Engineers and Surveyors, Second Edition (2023) by Clement Ogaja, Nashon Adero, and Derrick Koome.
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then immortalised in books, present humanity the timeless opportunity to pass
on knowledge and share experiences while influencing a mindset change —
intergenerationally,” Nashon Juma Adero on the priceless value of good books.
Anno Remedio. COVID-proofing. Doomscrolling. Infodemic. Panic shopping.
Pandemic versus plandemic. Pandemic fatigue. Post-pandemic resilience. Recovery
roadmap. Reimagination. Reinvention. Remotopia. Social distancing. Super-spreaders. Vaccine equity. Vaccine hesitancy and scepticism. Vaccine nationalism.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has made these keywords rise to the top of popular
discourse since it began ravaging the world in early 2020. Organised thoughts,
when reviewed for veracity and compelling philosophy, then immortalised in
books, present humanity the timeless opportunity to pass on knowledge and share
experiences while influencing a mindset change - intergenerationally. The Future of
Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World is such a timely book, now in your hands.
The COVID-19 pandemic has a singular message for Africa and her future. For her
undisputedly weaker infrastructure and health systems by world standards, Africa
has posted a performance streak that goes against the previous grim expectations.
Africa’s 17% share of the global population but only 3.3% of the global COVID-19
cases and 3.5% of the global death cases by December 11, 2020 add weight to the
continent’s reported fair performance record. Africa’s multilateral response to the
pandemic has involved the African Union, Africa Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak,
the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT), and the African Union
COVID-19 Fund.
Africa must not mistake this relative escape from the worst hit by the pandemic for
a final victory. A peek at the continent’s lost school calendar, for example, confirms
how the pandemic has shoved the continent’s education sector to the dark side of
the digital divide. A growing challenge, therefore, remains in building institutions
and systems that can assure adaptive resilience to similar emergencies and
disasters, which are bound to be more frequent in a connected world experiencing
increasing pressures from human activities, urbanisation, and population growth.
Africa’s post-pandemic future cannot be divorced from the data-driven digital
transformation wave and the accompanying generational succession by youthful
digital natives embracing a borderless worldview. It is a future increasingly
demanding of institutional strengthening and a collaborative systems approach to
solving common and foremost challenges, such as: healthcare, quality education
focused on employability skills and job creation, infrastructure development,
food security, energy security, and water security. The chapters of this book have
explored the key thematic areas Africa needs to focus on for competitiveness and
viii The Future of Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World
post-pandemic resilience. The authors were drawn from universities, industry,
government, and civil society. The papers, from different disciplinary backgrounds
and affiliations, were double-blind peer-reviewed to ensure the quality standards
of modern authorship and scholarly debates. Papers sharing mostly independent
but informed author opinions were also accepted after the review process and
allocated their own section as opinion articles in the book. The 10th East Africa
Thought Leaders Forum held virtually on August 26, 2020, added another layer of
review as the authors shared their topics for scrutiny in a laboratory of democratic
criticism. Universities demonstrated leadership by participating actively in the
generative debates and subsequent contributions that led to this publication.
We appreciate the assiduous teamwork that yielded this book, within IREN and
beyond. It is our hope that you will find this book a liberating elixir loaded with
empowering messages for a recovering and rising continent.
Nashon Juma Adero and Josephat Juma
Editors of The Future of Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World
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1. Provides a simple guide for geomatics engineering projects using recent and advanced technologies. 2. Includes new content on spatial data collection using GIS, drones, and 3D digital modeling. 3. Covers professional standards, professional and ethical responsibilities, and policy, social, and environmental issues related. 4. Discusses project planning including scheduling and budgeting. 5. Features practical examples with solutions and explains new methods for planning, implementing, and monitoring engineering and mining surveying projects.
Undergraduate and graduate students, professors, practicing professionals and surveyors will find this new edition useful, as well as geospatial/geomatics engineers, civil engineers, mining engineers, GIS professionals, planners, land developers, and project managers.
then immortalised in books, present humanity the timeless opportunity to pass
on knowledge and share experiences while influencing a mindset change —
intergenerationally,” Nashon Juma Adero on the priceless value of good books.
Anno Remedio. COVID-proofing. Doomscrolling. Infodemic. Panic shopping.
Pandemic versus plandemic. Pandemic fatigue. Post-pandemic resilience. Recovery
roadmap. Reimagination. Reinvention. Remotopia. Social distancing. Super-spreaders. Vaccine equity. Vaccine hesitancy and scepticism. Vaccine nationalism.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has made these keywords rise to the top of popular
discourse since it began ravaging the world in early 2020. Organised thoughts,
when reviewed for veracity and compelling philosophy, then immortalised in
books, present humanity the timeless opportunity to pass on knowledge and share
experiences while influencing a mindset change - intergenerationally. The Future of
Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World is such a timely book, now in your hands.
The COVID-19 pandemic has a singular message for Africa and her future. For her
undisputedly weaker infrastructure and health systems by world standards, Africa
has posted a performance streak that goes against the previous grim expectations.
Africa’s 17% share of the global population but only 3.3% of the global COVID-19
cases and 3.5% of the global death cases by December 11, 2020 add weight to the
continent’s reported fair performance record. Africa’s multilateral response to the
pandemic has involved the African Union, Africa Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak,
the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT), and the African Union
COVID-19 Fund.
Africa must not mistake this relative escape from the worst hit by the pandemic for
a final victory. A peek at the continent’s lost school calendar, for example, confirms
how the pandemic has shoved the continent’s education sector to the dark side of
the digital divide. A growing challenge, therefore, remains in building institutions
and systems that can assure adaptive resilience to similar emergencies and
disasters, which are bound to be more frequent in a connected world experiencing
increasing pressures from human activities, urbanisation, and population growth.
Africa’s post-pandemic future cannot be divorced from the data-driven digital
transformation wave and the accompanying generational succession by youthful
digital natives embracing a borderless worldview. It is a future increasingly
demanding of institutional strengthening and a collaborative systems approach to
solving common and foremost challenges, such as: healthcare, quality education
focused on employability skills and job creation, infrastructure development,
food security, energy security, and water security. The chapters of this book have
explored the key thematic areas Africa needs to focus on for competitiveness and
viii The Future of Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World
post-pandemic resilience. The authors were drawn from universities, industry,
government, and civil society. The papers, from different disciplinary backgrounds
and affiliations, were double-blind peer-reviewed to ensure the quality standards
of modern authorship and scholarly debates. Papers sharing mostly independent
but informed author opinions were also accepted after the review process and
allocated their own section as opinion articles in the book. The 10th East Africa
Thought Leaders Forum held virtually on August 26, 2020, added another layer of
review as the authors shared their topics for scrutiny in a laboratory of democratic
criticism. Universities demonstrated leadership by participating actively in the
generative debates and subsequent contributions that led to this publication.
We appreciate the assiduous teamwork that yielded this book, within IREN and
beyond. It is our hope that you will find this book a liberating elixir loaded with
empowering messages for a recovering and rising continent.
Nashon Juma Adero and Josephat Juma
Editors of The Future of Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World
1. Provides a simple guide for geomatics engineering projects using recent and advanced technologies. 2. Includes new content on spatial data collection using GIS, drones, and 3D digital modeling. 3. Covers professional standards, professional and ethical responsibilities, and policy, social, and environmental issues related. 4. Discusses project planning including scheduling and budgeting. 5. Features practical examples with solutions and explains new methods for planning, implementing, and monitoring engineering and mining surveying projects.
Undergraduate and graduate students, professors, practicing professionals and surveyors will find this new edition useful, as well as geospatial/geomatics engineers, civil engineers, mining engineers, GIS professionals, planners, land developers, and project managers.