Technical Program
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Draft Technical Programme - 1 March 2006
Technical programme as a .pdf file.
Monday, 6 March 2006 |
09:00-17:00
Kwafie |
FIG Council Meeting
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Tuesday, 7 March 2006 |
09:00-17:00
Kundum |
FIG ACCO Meeting
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Wednesday, 8 March 2006 |
08:00- |
Registration |
09:00-10:00
Adae Kesie |
Opening Ceremony
Chair: Odeneho Gyapong Ababio, President, National House
of Chiefs, Ghana
Rapporteur: Dr. Isaac Bonsu Karikari, Ghana
Special Guest of Honour: His Excellency Mr. J. A.
Kuffour, President of the Republic of Ghana
Keynote Address: Hon. Dominic Fobih, Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines,
Ghana
[paper] [slides]
Keynote Address and Opening of the Conference: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, President of FIG:
Promoting Land Administration and Good Governance
[paper] [slides] |
10:00-10:30
Damba III |
Opening of the Exhibition |
10:00-10:30
Damba III |
Coffee/Cocoa Break |
10:00-17:00
Damba III |
Exhibition |
10:30-12:00
Adae Kesie |
Plenary Session 1 – Land Administration and Good Governance
Chair: Dr. Andreas Drees, Germany, Vice President of FIG
Rapporteur:
Prof. S. O. Asiamah, GhanaPS1.1 Dr. Mika-Petteri Törhönen, FAO: Land
Administration and Good Governance
[paper] [slides]
PS1.2 Dr. Wordsworth Odame Larbi, Project Director, Land Administration
Program, Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines (Ghana): Land
Administration Reform in a Plural Environment - The Case of Ghana
[paper] [slides]
PS1.3 Mr. Godfried J. M. Barnasconi, Director, Kadaster
International (The
Netherlands): Re-Design Land Administration Strategy for Good
Governance
[paper] [slides] |
12:00-13:30
La Palm Hotel |
Lunch |
13:30-15:00
Adae Kesie
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TS 1– Good Governance, Land Administration and Land
Administration Program (LAP) in Ghana
Commission: 3 and 7 and Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines,
Ghana
Chair: Dr. Edward F. Dwumfour, Task Team Leader, World Bank
Desk for the LAP Project
Rapporteur:
Mr. András Osskó, Hungary, Chair Elect of FIG Commission 7TS1.1 Dr. Isaac Bonsu Karikari (Ghana): Ghana’s Land
Administration Project (LAP) and Land Information Systems (LIS)
Implementation: The Issues
[paper] [slides]
TS1.2 Dr. Mechthild Rünger, GTZ Programme Manager, Good
Governance Programme Ghana:
Governance, Land Rights and Access to Land in Ghana – A Development
Perspective on Gender Equity
[paper] [slides]
TS1.3 Mr. Uzochukwu Okafor (Namibia): Land Reform Policy and the
Imperatives of Good Governance
[paper] [slides]
TS1.4 Dr. Shittu R. Akinola (Nigeria): Land Use Decree, Forest
Administration and Governance Crises in Nigeria
[paper] [slides] TS1.5 Dr. Samuel Iyiola Oni (Nigeria): Spatial Data Planning for
Sustainable Land Administration and Good Governance in Africa: Case
of Nigeria
[paper] [slides] |
13:30-15:00
Damba I |
TS 2 – Application of IT in Land Administration and SDI
Commission: 3 and 7
Chair: Mr. Gerhard Muggenhuber, Austria, Chair of FIG
Commission 3
Rapporteur:
Mr. John Ayer, Lecturer, KNUST, GhanaTS2.1 Mr. Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nigeria) Computerization of the
Cadastral and Land Registry: The Abuja Experience
[paper] [slides]
TS2.2 Mr. Augustus U. S. Didigwu (Nigeria): The Consequences of
Destroying Survey Beacons by the African Public – A Case Study of
Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS2.3 Dr. Matthew N. Ono and Dr. Joel I. Igbokwe
(Nigeria): Realizing Rural Area Cadastre and Land Management in the
Emerging Technology
[paper] [slides]
TS2.4 Mr. Konstantinos Daniilidis (Greece): GIS Cadastre
Applications without GIS Software
[paper] [slides]
TS2.5 Mr. Olof Olsson and Mr. Christos Papadopoulos (Sweden):
Employment of the User Interface 2000 for the Development of the New
National Cadastral Index Map of Sweden – Some Experiences
[paper] [slides]
TS2.6 Mr. Mohamed Issa (Egypt), Ms. Sheila Holland and
Mr. Anders Hedin (Sweden): Namibia – Department of Survey and
Mapping (DSM) Cadastral Information System
[paper] [slides]
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13:30-15:00
Damba II |
TS 3 – Issues on Urban Growth : Customary Title and Informal
Settlements
Commission: 8 and 7
Chair: Mr. Wafula Nabutola, Kenya
Rapporteur:
Dr. Yaw Adarkwah Antwi, National Facilitator, LAPU, GhanaTS3.1 Ms. Theodora Mantebea Mends and Johan de Meijere (The Netherlands): A Study of the
Institution of the Customary Land Tenure System in the Supply of
Property Rights for Urban Development – An Example of Accra, Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS3.2 Dr. Diane A. Dumashie (United Kingdom): People and Places:
The Importance of the Supply of Land in Delivering Affordable
Housing in Informal Settlement
[paper] [slides]
TS3.3 Dr. Bioye Tajudeen Aluko and Mr. Abdul Amidu
(Nigeria): Urban Low – Income Settlements, Land Deregulation and
Sustainable Development in Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS3.4 Dr. Chryssy Potsiou
and Prof. Charalabos Ioannidis (Greece): Informal Settlements in Greece: The Mystery of Missing
Information and the Difficulty of Their Integration into a Legal
Framework
[paper] [slides]
TS3.5 Mr. Wakuru Magigi and Mr. B. B. K. Majani (Tanzania):
Housing Themselves in Informal Settlements: A Challenge to Community
Growth Processes, Land Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction in
Tanzania
[paper] [slides] |
13:30-15:00
Kundum |
TS 4 – Professional Education in Africa
Venue:
Commission: 2
Chair: Dr. E. Amamoo Otchere, CERSGIS, Legon, Ghana
Rapporteur:
Prof. Stig Enemark, Denmark, Vice President of FIGTS4.1 Dr. Peter C. Nwilo and Dennis A.
Osanwuta (Nigeria): Continuous Geoinformatics Curriculum
Development for African Universities
[paper] [slides]
TS4.2 Prof. S. O. Asiamah (Ghana): Professional Surveying
Education at the KNUST
[paper] [slides]
TS4.3 Mr. Edward E. Duncan (Ghana): The Promotion of Geomatic
Engineering Education and Training at UmaT
[paper] [slides]
TS4.4 Prof. Olubodun Ayeni (Nigeria): Curriculum Development in
Geomatics Education: New Challenges of Digital Information
Technology
[paper] [slides]
TS4.5 Mr. William Kalande (Kenya): Land and Geospatial
Administrators’ Professional Training after War - A Case Study of
Somalia
[paper] [slides] |
13:30-15:00
Odwira
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Workshop – AFREF I
Commission: UN ECA, RECTAS and FIG Commission 5
Chair: Mr. Jide Kufoniyi, Nigeria, Executive Director,
RECTAS
Rapporteur: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Germany, Chair Elect of FIG Commission 5
WS1.1 Dr. Ruth E. Neilan (USA): The Global Geodetic
Infrastructure – A Framework for AFREF
[paper] [slides]
WS1.2 Mr. Richard Wonnacott (South Africa): The AFREF
Project: Background, Rationale and Progress
[paper] [slides]
WS1.3 Mr. Eugene C. Onyeka (Nigeria): Relating the
Nigerian Reference Frame and AFREF
[paper] [slides]
WS1.4 Dr. Paula Santos and Dr. Nuno Lima (Portugal)
and Mr. José Luis Quembo (Mozambique): Adjustment of the
Classical Terrestrial Geodetic Network of Mozambique Tied to ITRF
[paper] [slides]
WS1.5 Mr. Yaw Poku-Gyamfi (Ghana) and Dr. Günter W.
Hein (Germany): Framework for the Establishment of Nationwide
Network for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Reference
Stations – A Cost Effective Tool for Land Development in Ghana
[paper] [slides] |
15:00-15:30
Damba III |
Coffee/Cocoa Break |
15:30-17:00
Adae Kesie
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TS 5 – Customary Rights in Africa
Commission: 7 and Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines, Ghana
Chair: Dr. Paul van der Molen, The Netherlands, Chair of FIG
Commission 7
Rapporteur:
Mr. Alhaji H. I. Baryen, Executive Secretary, Lands
Commission, GhanaTS5.1 Dr. Yaw Adarkwah Antwi (Ghana): Strengthening
Customary Land Administration: A DFID/World Bank Sponsored Project
in Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS5.2 Chief Kuumbu Naa Yiri II (Alhaji Idrisu Abu)
(Ghana): Customary Lands Administration and Good Governance in Ghana
– The State and Traditional Rulers Interface
[paper] [slides] TS5.3 Dr. Augustine Mulolwa (Zambia): Demystifying Customary
Tenure in Zambia
[paper] [slides]
TS5.4 Eng. Anthony Arko-Adjei (Ghana): A Conceptual
Approach for Enhancing Customary Land Management: Case from Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS5.5 Mr. E. Amamoo-Otchere, Mr. F. K. Mensah and Mr.
B. Akuetteh (Ghana): Settlement Names and Cultural Identity
Survey for Development of Multipurpose Geocoded Settlement Register
and Database System for Ghana’s Growth and Poverty Reduction
Planning
[paper] [slides] TS5.6 Mr. Tommy Österberg (Sweden), Mr. Mohamed
Khadash and Ms. Kholoud Saad (Egypt): Rwanda – Kigali
City Council (KCC) Cadastral Information System
[paper] [slides] |
15:30-17:00
Damba I |
TS 6 – Spatial Data Applications
Commission: 3 and 7
Chair: Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, Greece, Chair Elect of FIG
Commission 3
Rapporteur:
Dr. Eric Forkuo, KNUST, GhanaTS6.1 Dr. Albert J. Osei, Dr. Edmund C. Merem and Dr.
Yaw A. Twumasi (USA): Use of GIS and Remote Sensing Technology
as a Decision Support Tool in Land Administration - The Case of
Lagos, Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS6.2 Mr. Edward E. Duncan (Ghana): A GPS/GIS Integration for
Land Demarcation – A Case Study at Ngleshie Amanfro, a Suburb of
Accra
[paper] [slides]
TS6.3 Dr. Collins Fosu (Ghana) and Mr. Francis W. Derby
(United States): Reconciling Cadastral Records in a Dual Land
Registration System in Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS6.4 Dr. Francis I. Okeke (Nigeria): Mapping Impervious Surface
Changes in Watersheds in Part of South Eastern Region of Nigeria
Using Landsat Data
[paper] [slides]
TS6.5 Mr. Stephen Yao Fiatornu (Ghana): GIS a Tool for
Transportation Infrastructure Planning in Ghana – A Case Study to
the Dept. of Feeder Roads
[paper] [slides]
TS6.6 Mr. Martin Mensa, Mr. Eli Sablah, Mr.
Emmanuel Amamoo-Otchere and Mr. Foster K. Mensah (Ghana): Digital
Mapping and GIS-Driven Feeder Road Network Database Management
System for Road Project Planning and Implementation Monitoring in
the Feeder Road Sector
[paper] [slides] TS6.7 Mr. Okyeame Ampadu, Mr. Emmanuel Amamoo-Otchere, Mr. Foster K. Mensah and Mr. David Kpelle
(Ghana): Space Mapping Technology in Support of the Project for
Biodiversity Restoration of Degraded Cocoa Production Landscapes in
West Africa
[paper] [slides] TS6.8 Mr. S. K. Gyamfi, Mr. E.
Amamoo-Otchere and Mr. F. K. Mensah (Ghana): Capacity
Building of the COCOBOD’s CSSVD Unit for Digital Maps Management in
Support of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Viral Disease Control Management
Program
[paper] [slides] |
15:30-17:00
Damba II |
TS 7 – Planning and Administration Applied to Disaster Management
and Land Conflicts
Commission: 8, 7 and 3
Chair: Brigadier Chris Kpoodor, NADMO Director, Ghana
Rapporteur:
Mr. Simon Adcock, Australia, Chair Elect of FIG
Commission 8TS7.1 Mr. Edward E. Duncan (Ghana): A GIS Approach to Disaster
Management – A Case Study of the Alajo in the Accra Metropolis
[paper] [slides]
TS7.2 Dr. Olufemi Adesokan Adeleye and Dr. Lasun Mykail Olayiwola
(Nigeria): Town Planning Instruments as a Strategy for Disaster Risk
Reduction in Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS7.3 Mr. Wakuru Magigi, Mr. B. B. K. Majani, Mr.
Washington Wolima, Ms. Grace Bantebya and Mr. Owiti
Kakumu (Tanzania): Public-Private Partnership in Land Use
Planning and Conflict Management for Sustainable Development in
Tanzania: Lessons from Ramadi Local Community Planning Practice in
Lake Victoria Wetland Basin
[paper] [slides]
TS7.4 Mr. Albert A. Abegunde (Nigeria): Culture and Land
Administration in a Growing Economy; the Residents'
Perception - Case Study of Warri Region, Nigeria
[paper] [slides] TS7.5 Dr. Abel Omoniyi Afon, Mr. Adejoke Abolade and Mr.
Simon Ayorinde Okanlawon (Nigeria): Users’ Perception
of Environmental Hazards and Risks as a Tool in Public Space
Management: The Case of Selected Motor Parks in Lagos, Nigeria
[paper] [slides] TS7.6 Dr. Babette Wehrmann (Germany): Cadastre in Itself Won’t
Solve the Problem: The Role of Institutional Change and
Psychological Motivations in Land Conflicts - Cases from Africa.
This paper has not been presented in the conference.
[paper] [slides] |
15:30-17:00
Kundum |
TS 8 – Professional Education
Commission: 2
Chair: Prof. Ian Dowman, United Kingdom, President of ISPRS
Rapporteur:
Mr. Edwin Addo Tawiah, Head, Photogrammetry Section, Survey
Dept., GhanaTS8.1 Mrs. Naana Amakie Boakye-Agyeman (Ghana): Polytechnic Education in
Ghana: The Case of the HND Estate Management Programme
[paper] [slides]
TS8.2 Mr. J. C. Koos Landman (South Africa): Designing a First
Qualification in Land Administration in South Africa Using the
Principles of Outcomes-Based Education
[paper] [slides]
TS8.3 Prof. Gheorghe Mugurel T. Radulescu and Corina Michaela
Radulescu (Romania): The Medium
and Superior Level Professional Qualification of Topographers - The
Romanian Experience
[paper] [slides] TS8.4 Mr. Winston Ayeni (Nigeria): Training of Technicians - The
Kaduna Experience
[paper] [slides] |
15:30-17:00
Odwira
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Workshop – AFREF II
Commission: UN ECA, RECTAS and FIG Commission 5
Chair: Mr. Matt Higgins, Australia, Chair of FIG Commission
5
Rapporteur: Mr. Richard Wonnacott, South Africa, AFREF
This will be a working session designed to help progress the work
of the AFREF Steering Committee, especially in West Africa. It is
open to all conference delegates. Items to be outlined and discussed
include:
- General country presentations on existing and planned geodetic
infrastructure, including classical geodetic networks and
Continually Operating Reference Stations (CORS);
- Presentation on requirements for the establishment of CORS
stations, including equipment, communication, site requirements,
data handling, processing and distribution;
- Identification of possible CORS sites in West Africa to
contribute to the AFREF infrastructure;
- Discussion on the possibility of an official declaration from
the workshop, especially covering the West African issues for the
AFREF project.
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19:00-
La Palm Hotel |
Welcome reception |
Thursday, 9 March 2006 |
08:00- |
Registration |
08:30-10:00
Adae Kesie |
Plenary Session 2 – Capacity Building in Africa
Chair: Prof. Holger Magel, Germany, President of FIG
Rapporteur:
Dr. B. E. K. Prah, President of GhISPS2.1 Prof. Stig Enemark, Vice President of FIG (Denmark):
Capacity Building for Institutional Development in Surveying and
Land Management
[paper] [slides]
PS2.2 Dr. Ian Dowman, President of ISPRS, University
College London, Chair of Joint Board for Geoinformation Societies Ad
Hoc Committee on Capacity Building for Africa, (United Kingdom): Capacity Building for Efficient Use of Geospatial
Information
[paper] [slides]
PS2.3 Captain Hugo M. Gorziglia, Director of IHO (Chile):
The IHO Capacity Building Efforts in the Region
[paper] [slides] |
09:00-17:00
Damba III |
Exhibition |
10:00-10:30
Damba III |
Coffee/Cocoa Break |
10:30-12:00
Adae Kesie |
TS 9 – Need for Institutional Change and Land Administration
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Christiaan Lemmen, The Netherlands
Rapporteur:
Mr. Kwame Gyan, LAP Secretariat, GhanaTS9.1 Mr. András Osskó (Hungary): Questions on Sustainable Land
Administration
[paper] [slides]
TS9.2 Prof. Paul van der Molen (The Netherlands):
Unconventional Approaches to Land Administration; The Need for an
International Research Agenda
[paper] [slides]
TS9.3 Mr. Tommy Österberg (Sweden): Experiences of
Cadastral Development in Southern and Eastern Africa
[paper] [slides]
TS9.4 Dr. Edward J. W. Chikhwenda (Malawi): Analysis of Land
Access and Its Impact on the Urban Poor – The Case of Blantyre City
[paper] [slides]
TS9.5 Ms. Beatrice Duncan (Ghana): Gender and Land Reform: A
Case Study of Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS9.6 Dr. Bioye Tajudeen Aluko and Mr. Abdul-Rasheed
Amidu
(Nigeria): Women and Land Rights Reforms in Nigeria
[paper] [slides] |
10:30-12:00
Damba I |
TS 10 – Planning and Development in Governance: Urban and Rural
Environments
Commission: 8, 7 and 9
Chair: Dr. Diane Dumashie, United Kingdom, Chair of
Commission 8
Rapporteur:
Mr. Edward T. Karbo, Director, Town & Country Planning, GhanaTS10.1 Mr. David Parsons (United Kingdom): The Quadrant – The
Ownership Management and Design of Property Schemes to Promote
Sustainable Development
[paper] [slides]
TS10.2 Mr. Frank Friesecke (Germany): Revitalization of Urban
Areas through Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) – Trends and
Expectations for Shrinking Cities
[paper] [slides]
TS10.3 Mr. Emmanuel A. Otoo, Dr. Duncan J. Whyatt and Dr.
Uwem E. Ite (United Kingdom): Quantifying Urban Growth in
Accra Metropolitan Area (Ama), Ghana and Exploring Causal Mechanisms
[paper] [slides]
TS10.4 Mr. Wafula Nabutola (Kenya): Financing Urban
Infrastructure Development and Maintenance with Particular
Reference to Nairobi
[paper] [slides]
TS10.5 Mr. Robert N. Wayumba and Mr. Jasper N. Mwenda (Kenya):
The Impact of Changing Land Tenure and Land Use on Wildlife
Migration within Group Ranches in Kenya: A Case Study of the
Amboseli Ecosystem
[paper] [slides] |
10:30-12:00
Damba II |
TS 11 – Land Management Using GNSS and GIS
Commission: 5 and 3
Chair: Mr. Hartmut Müller, Germany
Rapporteur:
Mr. Robert Sarib, AustraliaTS11.1 Mr. Sean Wiid (South Africa) and Dr. Mike Barry (Canada):
Combining Soft Systems Methodology and the Process Outcomes Model
for the Evaluation of Location Based Services in South Africa
[paper] [slides]
TS11.2 Mr. Collins Fosu and Mr. Yaw Poku-Gyamfi (Ghana) and
Dr. Günther W. Hein (Germany): Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
– A Utility for Sustainable Development in Africa
[paper] [slides]
TS11.3 Mr. Sylvester Gabianu and Mr. Herbert Djaba (Ghana)
and Ms. Magdalena Andersson (Sweden): Urban Management Land
Information System in Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS11.4 Mr. Joseph Yeng Faalong, Mr. Mawuli Agboka, Mr. E.
Amamoo-Otchere and Mr. B. Akuetteh (Ghana): Capacity
Building in Digital Mapping and GIS for Boosting the Agricultural
Sector: Development of GIS-driven Horticulture Produce Information
System for Managing the Export Sector
[paper] [slides]
TS11.5 Dr. Liang Yong, Mr. Lin Xiang-guo and Mr.
Zhang
Cheng-ming (China P. R.): Study on Digital Water
Conservancy Based on 3S Technology
[paper] [slides]
TS11.6 Mr. Joseph Owusu, Mr. Francis Afukaar and
Mr. BEK Prah (Ghana): ): Towards Improving Road Traffic Data
Collection: The Use of GPS/GIS
[paper] [slides]
TS11.7 Mr. Yaqin Wang, Mr. Hua Gao, Mr. Huaxue Tao,
Dr. Yong Liang and Mr. Pingju Ge (China P. R.):
Research on the Framework System and Technical Platform of Digital
Agriculture
[paper] [slides] |
10:30-12:00
KundumFGF
Fédération des Géomčtres Francophones |
TS 12 – Land Administration Issues in Africa
This session
will be in French
Commission: Joint with FGF (Fédération des Géomčtres Francophones)
Chair: M. Alain Gaudet, France, President of FGF
Rapporteur:
Dr. Ralf Schroth, Germany, Vice President of FIGTS12.1 M. Jacques Gastaldi (France): Politiques Foncieres et le
Cadastre Rural
[paper] [slides]
TS12.2 M. Roch Abdon Bah (Benin): L’immatriculation collective, le
Registre Foncier Urbain et le Plan Foncier Rural: Expériences
Béninoises et la généralisation du cadastre
[paper] [slides]
TS12.3 M. Alain Bagré (Burkina Faso): Customary and Modern Laws
and the Surveyor's Role in Burkina Faso
[paper] [slides] TS12.4 M. Henri Njomgang
(Cameroon): Enjeux et perspectives d’une réforme foncičre au
Cameroun
[paper] [slides] TS12.5 M. Séraphin Matshitshi (Democratic
Republic of the Congo): Presentation de la Problematique du Foncier
de la R.D.Congo
[paper] [slides] TS12.6 M. Sani Moussa Loutou
(Niger): Immatriculation du Foncier Rural au Niger
[paper] [slides] TS12.7 N. N. (Madagascar): Land Administration Reform in
Madagascar
[paper] [slides] |
10:30-12:00
Odwira
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TS 13 – Mine Issues
Commission: ISM and Commission 3
Chair: Mr. Svend Kold Johansen, Denmark, Chair of FIG
Commission 6
Rapporteur:
Mr. Joseph Moses, Ghirano Mines, GhanaTS13.1 Prof. Yu Changxing, Deputy President of ISM (China, P.
R.): About the Sustained Development of Mine Cities and Districts
[paper] [slides]
TS13.2 Mr. Bill Feast, Mr. Jonathan Davids and Mr. Toby Mills (South
Africa) and Mr. Paul DeVries (Sweden): Mining Cadastre in Africa –
Lessons Learnt
[paper] [slides]
TS13.3 Prof. Lu Xinming and Mr. Yin Hong (China P. R.): A
Practical Project of Digital Mine
[paper] [slides]
TS13.4 Mr. Shi Shaoxian (China P. R.): About the Research of
Fire-Gas Piping Information Administration System of Mine Cities
[paper] [slides]
TS13.5 Prof. Song Weidong and Mr. Yang
Lun (China P. R.): Research on the
Principle and Methodology of Open Pit Dumping Area Ecological
Restoration and Rebuilding
[paper] [slides] |
12:00-13:30
La Palm Hotel |
Lunch |
13:30-15:00
Adae Kesie |
TS 14 – Innovations in Land Administration Processes
Commission: 7
Chair: Dr.
Augustine Mulolwa, Zambia
Rapporteur:
Mrs. Rebecca Sittie, Ag. Chief Registrar of Lands, Land Title
Registry, GhanaTS14.1 Dr. Mike Barry (Canada): Talking Titler Multimedia Land
Management System
[paper] [slides]
TS14.2 Dr. Bob Arnot (Nigeria) and Mr. John Meadows (United Kingdom):
Reforming the Land Registration Process in Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS14.3 Dr. Peter Kuntu-Mensah (USA): On the Implementation of
Land Title Registration in Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS14.4 Mr. Sohail El Abd and Ms. Kholoud Saad (Egypt): Egyptian Survey Authority
Geographic Information Management System (ESA GIM)
[paper] [slides] TS14.5 Mr. Mohamed
Khadash (Egypt), Ms. Sheila Holland and Mr. Anders
Hedin (Sweden): Botswana – Department of Survey and Mapping (DSM)
Cadastral Information System
[paper] [slides] TS14.6 Ms. Veronica Ebot Manga (Cameroon): The Process of Land
Registration in Cameroon - Practice, Problems and Perspectives
[paper] [slides] |
13:30-15:00
Damba I |
TS 15 – Geodetic and GNSS Developments
Commission: 5
Chair: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Germany, Chair Elect of FIG
Commission 5
Rapporteur: Mr. Robert Sarib, AustraliaTS15.1 Mr. Matt
Higgins, Dr. Chris Rizos and Mr. Steve Hewitson
(Australia): Next Generation Global Navigation Satellite Systems
[paper] [slides]
TS15.2 Prof. Adam Łyszkowicz and Prof. Jan Krynski (Poland):
Regional Quasi-Geoid Determination in the Area of Poland
[paper] [slides]
TS15.3 Mr. Qudus O. Taiwo and Mr. C. Adeofun (Nigeria):
Accuracy Assessment of Digital Terrain Model Data: A Cost Effective
and Analytical Approach
[paper] [slides]
TS15.4 Mr. Mehdi Eshagh (Islamic Republic of Iran):
Bi-Objective Model of Precision and Reliability in Geodetic Network
Optimization
[paper] [slides]
TS15.5 Dr. Hansbert Heister (Germany): Standards for
Checking GNSS Surveying Systems – The Actual Status. This paper has
not been presented in the conference.
[paper] [slides]
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13:30-15:00
Damba II |
TS 16 – Marine and Coastal Zone Management – Environmental
Planning Issues
Commission: 4 and 8
Chair: Mr. Simon Adcock, Australia, Chair Elect of FIG
Commission 8
Rapporteur: Mr. Adam Greenland, United Kingdom/New Zealand, Chair of Commission 4TS16.1 Dr. Michael Sutherland
(Canada): Environmental Management of Marine and Coastal Spaces:
Lessons from a Canadian Aquaculture Case Study
[paper] [slides]
TS16.2 Mr. David Neale (Trinidad and Tobago): Marine
Administration in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
[paper] [slides]
TS16.3 Mr. Teo Cheehai and Mr. Ahmad Fauzi Nordin (Malaysia): A
National Geocentric Datum and the Administration of Marine Spaces in
Malaysia
[paper] [slides]
TS16.4 Mr. Isaac Boateng (United Kingdom): Shoreline Management
Planning: Can it Benefit Ghana? A Case Study of UK SMPs and Their
Potential Relevance in Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS16.5 Mr. J. A. Allotey, Mr. D. S. Amlalo, Mr. G. M.
Biekro, Mr. E. Amamoo-Otchere and Mr. B. Akuette
(Ghana): Aerospace and GIS Technology for Addressing
Multi-institutional Coastal Environment Monitoring: The Way forward
in Ghana and the West African Sub-region
[paper] [slides] TS16.6 Prof. Fatai Egberongbe, Dr. Peter Nwilo and Mr.
Olusegun Badejo (Nigeria): Oil Spill Disaster Monitoring Along
Nigerian Coastline
[paper] [slides] |
13:30-15:00
Kundum
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JB-GIS |
Workshop – Education in Africa I
Commission: 2 and Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JB-GIS)
Chair: Prof. Stig Enemark, Denmark, Vice President of FIG
Rapporteur:
Mr. Christiaan Lemmen, The Netherlands and Mr. Julius
Kramba, Past President of GhIS, GhanaWS2.1 Dr. B. E. Kesi Prah, President of GhIS and KNUST (Ghana):
Education in Ghana and Western Africa
[paper] [slides] WS2.2 Dr. Peter C. Nwilo (Nigeria):
Education in Nigeria and Aspects on Surveying Education Situation in
Central Africa
[paper] [slides]
WS2.3 Mr. Alain Bagré (Burkina Faso): Surveying Education
in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa
[paper] [slides] |
13:30-15:00
Odwira
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TS 17 – Mine Issues - Ecological and Environmental Issues
Commission: ISM and Commission 3
Chair: Prof. Xu Changxing, China P. R., Deputy President of ISM
Rapporteur:
Mr. Edward E. Duncan, University Mines and Technology, GhanaTS17.1 Mr. Richard K. Afenu, Mr. Philip Y. O. Amoako, Mr.
Benjamin Aryee, Mr. Peter Awuah, Dr. Andreas Barth,
Mr. Andre Barth, Mr. Thomas Berndt, Mr. Kwame O.
Boamah and Dr. Frank Schmidt (Ghana and Germany): Planning and Implementation of the Information Management
System of the Mining Sector of Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS17.2 Mr. Ken Allen (Ghana): Open Pit Mine Scheduling – A Case
Study at Bogoso Gold Limited
[paper] [slides]
TS17.3 Prof. Shi Jinfeng, Mr. Wang Jiren and Mr. Wang
Leigui (China P. R.): Develop a Mine and Geology Park – The Best
Choice for Large Open Mine When Completion
[paper] [slides]
TS17.4 Mr. Xu Aigong (China P. R.):
Ecological and Environmental Influences in the Construction of West
Gas Supplying to East Project in China
[paper] [slides] |
15:00-15:30
Damba III |
Coffee/Cocoa Break |
15:30-17:00
Adae Kesie |
TS 18 – Making Land Administration Pro Poor
Commission: 7 and 8
Chair: Dr. Diane Dumashie, United Kingdom, Chair of
Commission 8
Rapporteur:
Mr. Thomas Ansre, LAPU, GhanaTS18.1 Mr. Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nigeria): Resettlement Issues,
Squatter Settlements and the Problems of Land Administration in
Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital
[paper] [slides]
TS18.2 Ms. Sarah A. Kyessi and Dr. Alphonce G. Kyessi (Tanzania):
Formalisation of Land Property in Informal Settlements: Case of Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania
[paper] [slides]
TS18.3 Dr. Lasun Mykail Olayiwola and Mr. Olufemi Adeleye
(Nigeria): Land Reform - Experience from Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS18.4 Ir. Paul C. M. van Asperen (The Netherlands) and Dr.
Augustine Mulolwa (Zambia): Improvement of Customary Tenure Security
as Pro Poor Tool for Land Development – A Zambian Case Study
[paper] [slides] TS18.5 Mr.
Paul Chege (Kenya): Participatory Urban Planning and Partnerships
Building: Supporting Provision of Access to Basic Services for the
Urban Poor: A Case Study Based on Practical Action’s (ITDG)
Experiences in Kitale, a Secondary Town in Kenya
[paper] [slides] TS18.6 Mr. Emmanuel
Offei Akrofi (Ghana): Urbanisation and the Urban Poor in Africa
[paper] [slides] |
15:30-17:00
Damba I |
TS 19 – Positioning and Measurement in Practice
Commission: 5 and 6
Chair: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Germany, Chair Elect of FIG
Commission 5
Rapporteur:
Mr. Svend Kold Johansen, Denmark, Chair of FIG Commission 6
TS19.1 Dr. Ivo Milev and Prof. Lothar Gruendig (Germany):
Geometrical Approximation and Segmentation of Laser Scanning Point
Clouds
[paper] [slides]
TS19.2 Dr. Francis I Okeke (Nigeria): InSAR Operational and
Processing Steps for DEM Generation
[paper] [slides]
TS19.3 Mr. Warwick Hadley (Canada): Airborne Laser Remote Sensing
Technology: Providing Essential Hydrologic Information in the 21st
Century
[paper] [slides]
TS19.4 Prof. Adam Łyszkowicz and Mr. Marcin Leonczyk (Poland):
The Fourth Precise Levelling Campaign of Poland in 1999–2003
[paper] [slides]
TS19.5 Mr. L. G. (Jake) Jenkins (Canada): Key Drivers in Determining
Lidar Sensor Selection
[paper] [slides]
TS19.6 Dr. Quanyuan Wu (China P. R.): The Study of the
Characteristic Dynamic Changes of Yantai’s Landscape on the Basis of
the Remote Sensing Technology
[paper] [slides] |
15:30-17:00
Damba II |
TS 20 – Hydrography
Commission: 4
Chair: Mr. Adam Greenland, United Kingdom/New Zealand, Chair
of Commission 4
Rapporteur: Mr. David Neale, Trinidad and TobagoTS20.1 Captain Dominique Baggio, SHOM (France): Assessment and
Future Prospects for Hydrogrtaphy in Western and Central Africa
Maritime Safety and Coastal Global Development
[paper] [slides]
TS20.2 Mr. George Owusu-Ansah, Port Hydrographic Surveyor (Ghana)
: Hydrographic Surveying in Ghanaian Perspective
[paper] [slides]
TS20.3 Mr. Issaka Peter Azuma, Director General Ghana Maritime
Authority (Ghana): Hydrographic and Water Management in Ghana
[paper] [slides] TS20.4 Mr. Innocent N. Egbuh (Nigeria): Charting Nigerian Waters
for Safer Navigation
[paper] [slides] |
15:30-17:00
Kundum
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JB-GIS |
Workshop – Education in Africa II
Commission: 2 and JB GIS
Chair: Prof. Stig Enemark, Denmark, Vice President of FIG
Rapporteur: Mr. Christiaan Lemmen, The Netherlands and Mr.
Julius Kramba, Past President of GhIS, Ghana |
15:30-17:00
Odwira |
TS 21 – Professional Practice – Enhancing Professionalism
Commission: 1
Chair: Ms. Leonie Newnham, Australia
Rapporteur:
Mr. Dietmar Sperling, Germany
TS21.1 Mr. Iain Greenway (Ireland): Business Practices for
Surveyors
[paper] [slides]
TS21.2 Mr. Francis Chigiinge (Botswana): The Balance Between Data
Quality and User's Information Needs - Thinking Strategically for
Rational Decision-Making
[paper] [slides]
TS21.3 Mr. G. K. (Ken) Allred (Canada): Marketing the Profession -
Some Strategies that Work
[paper] [slides]
TS21.4 Mr. Charles Cowap (United Kingdom): Scenario Planning for
the Development of Rural Professional Service
[paper] [slides] |
17:15-18:15
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ISPRS Open Meeting
Venue: Odwira
Commission: ISPRS |
19:00-
Coconut Grove Hotel |
Ghanaian Evening |
Friday, 10 March 2006 |
08:00- |
Registration |
08:30-10:00
Adae KesieUN-Habitat |
Plenary Session 3 – New Cadastral Domains
Chair: Prof. Paul van der Molen, The Netherlands, Chair of FIG Commission 7
Rapporteur:
Mr. Samuel Larbi, Director, Sambus Ltd., GhanaPS3.1 Dr. Clarissa Augustinus, Chief, Land and Tenure Section,
UN-Habitat: Cadastral Domain Model
[paper] [slides]
PS3.2 Mr. Christiaan Lemmen (The Netherlands): The Core
Cadastral Domain Model: Focus on Non-Statutory Systems
[paper] [slides]
PS3.3 Mr. Iain Greenway (Ireland): Why Standardise?
[paper] [slides]
|
09:00-12:00
Damba III |
Exhibition |
10:00-10:30
Damba III |
Coffee/Cocoa Break |
10:30-12:00
Adae Kesie |
TS 22 – e-Governance – Management of SDI
Commission: 3
Chair: Mr. Gerhard Muggenhuber, Austria, Chair of Commission
3
Rapporteur:
Dr. Collins Fosu, Head, Geodetic Dept., KNUST, GhanaTS22.1 Dr. Hartmut Müller (Germany): Promoting Land Administration
and Good Governance by SDI – The European Way
[paper] [slides]
TS22.2 Mr. Anthony A. Adeoye (Nigeria): Abuja Geographic Information Systems
(AGIS) as a Tool for Good
Governance in Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS22.3 Mr. Andreas Barth (Germany): Nationwide Collection,
Recording and Provision of Geo-scientific Data: Examples from
Ghana, Namibia, Germany and Kosovo – An Experience
Report
[paper] [slides]
TS22.4 Mr. Bo Lauri (Sweden): Land and Geographic Information, an
Important Part of the Infrastructure in Sweden
[paper] [slides]
TS22.5 Mr. Brent A. Jones (USA): The Use of GIS for Surveyors and
Engineers in Developing Nations for Building Infrastructure
[paper] [slides] TS22.6 Dr. Peter Kuntu-Mensah (USA): Geographic Information
Systems: Indispensable Ingredient for Good Governance in Ghana
[paper] [slides] TS22.7 Ms. Polly W. Gitimu (Kenya): The Challenges Faced in
Establishing a Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure - GSDI Kenya's
Experience
[paper] [slides] |
10:30-12:00
Damba I |
TS 23 – Planning Urban Space
Commission: 8 and 3
Chair: Mr. Joe Appenteng, Dep. Director, Town & Country
Planning, Ghana
Rapporteur:
Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, Greece, Chair Elect of FIG Commission 3TS23.1 Dr. Joel I. Igbokwe (Nigeria): Mapping and Spatial
Characterisation of Major Urban Centres in Parts of South Eastern
Nigeria with Nigeriasat-1 Imagery
[paper] [slides]
TS23.2 Dr. Andrew Manu, Dr. Yaw A. Twumasi and Mr.
Tommy L. Coleman (USA): Is It the Result of Global Warming or
Urbanization? The Rise in Air Temperature in Two Cities in Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS23.3 Dr. Yaw A. Twumasi, Dr. Andrew Manu, Dr. Tommy
L. Coleman and Dr. Albert J. Osei (USA): Role of
Geo-spatial Information Management as a Decision Support Tool in
Land Use Planning: A Case of Ghana
[paper] [slides] TS23.4 Prof. N. N. N. Nsowah-Nuamah, Mr. E. Amamoo-Otchere,
Mr. F. K. Mensah and Mr. B. Akuetteh (Ghana):
GIS-Conversion of the Population and Housing Census Data and
Harmonization with Other Government Databases for Use by Planning
and Development Agencies
[paper] [slides] TS23.5 Mr. Boualem Chorfa, Mr. Larbi
Benmohamed and Mr. Nadir Allal (Algeria): Assistance
System to the Issuance of Urbanism Authorizations – ASIUA:
Application to the Arzew City
[paper] [slides] TS23.6 Dr. Edward Fekpe (USA): Spatial
Data Quality and Transportation Applications
[paper] [slides] |
10:30-12:00
Damba II |
TS 24 – Valuation and Quantity Surveying
Commission: 9 and 10
Chair: Mr. Stephen Yip, Hong Kong SAR, China, Chair of FIG
Commission 9
Rapporteur:
Mr. Charles Sagoe, Past President of GhIS, GhanaTS24.1 Ms. Theodora M. Mends (Ghana): Property Valuation in
Ghana: Constraints and Contradictions
[paper] [slides]
TS24.2 Mr. Frank Gyemfi-Yeboah and Mr. Jonathan Ayitey (Ghana):
Assessing Depreciation for Valuation Purposes – A Decompositional
Approach
[paper] [slides]
TS24.3 Mr. Anthony Gambrah (Ghana): The Valuation Profession –
Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice in Ghana
[paper] [slides]
TS24.4 Mr. Jonathan Ayitey, Mr. Frank Gyemfi-Yeboah
and Anthony Gambrah (Ghana):
Value Inventors or Assessors?
[paper] [slides] TS24.5 Dr. Lasun Mykail Olayiwola, Mr.
Olufemi A. Adeleye and
Mr. Adeleke Oduwaye (Nigeria): Spatial Variation of Residential
Land Value Determinants in Lagos, Nigeria
[paper] [slides]
TS24.6 Prof. Olubodun O. Ayeni and Mr. Oluwaseun S. Adewale
(Nigeria): Evaluation of Tenement Rate Administration Using the GIS
Tools
[paper] [slides]
TS24.7 Mr. Simon Adcock (Australia): Land Administration of
Contaminated Sites - Considering Alternative Uses
[paper] [slides]
|
10:30-12:00
Kundum
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Workshop – Cadastral Domain Model
Commission: 7 and UN-Habitat
Chair: Prof. Paul van der Molen, The Netherlands, Chair of
FIG Commission 7
Rapporteur: Mr. Christiaan Lemmen, The Netherlands and Dr.
Mrs. Matilda Fiadzigbey, Administrator of Stool Lands, Ghana |
10:30-12:00
Odwira |
TS 25 – Improving Professional Practice and Education
Venue:
Commission: 1 and 2
Chair: Mr. Amoah Mensah, Snr Vice President of GhIS, Ghana
Rapporteur:
Mr. Dietmar Sperling, GermanyTS25.1 Mr. G. K. (Ken) Allred (Canada): The Professional
Association and Its Role in Protecting the Public Interest in a
Developing Nation
[paper] [slides]
TS25.2 Ms. Leonie Newnham (Australia): Innovation within Various
Components of the Land Management Paradigm, What Creates Success?
[paper] [slides]
TS25.3 Mr. Teo CheeHai (Malaysia): Implementing Mutual
Recognition of Surveying Qualification in ASEAN
[paper] [slides] TS25.4 Mr. Jones Ofori-Boadu (Ghana): Standards in Ghana
[paper] [slides] |
12:00 |
Coffee/Cocoa |
12:00-13:30
Adae Kesie |
Closing Ceremony and Opening of the GhIS Annual General Meeting
Chair: Hon. Felix O. Adjapong, Minister of Parliamentary
Affair, Ghana and Hon. Theresa Amarley Tagoe, Dep. Minister
of Lands, Forestry & Mines
Rapporteur: Ms. Yvonne Sowah, GhIS, GP Chairperson, GhanaUniv.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, President of FIG:
Summary of the Conference and Conference Recommendations
[paper] [slides] Dr. B. E. Kesi Prah, President
of GhIS: Presidential Address and Opening of the GhIS Annual General
Meeting
[paper] [slides]
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, President of FIG:
Closing of the Conference
[paper] [slides] |
13:30-15:00
La Palm Hotel |
Lunch |
14:00-17:00
Adae Kesie
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GhIS Annual General Meeting |
15:00-17:30
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Technical Tour to LAP |
20:00-
Golden Tulip Hotel |
Gala Dinner and GhIS Awards Evening |
Saturday, 11 March 2006 |
07:00-18:00 |
Technical tour to Cape Coast |
Additional Meetings |
Wednesday 13:30-15:00 15:30-17:00 Thursday 10:30-12:00
TBA |
FIG Working Group 4.3 – Administrating Marine Spaces |
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