Heather Szczesniak GISCOE and Shereen Bansi DME

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The effective use of GIS by National Government,
to improve the management of natural resources
relating to the mining industry in South Africa.
Heather Szczesniak (GISCOE) and Shereen Bansi
(DME)
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BACKGROUND

• As a result of the new Mineral and Petroleum
  Resources Development Act 2002 DME took this
  opportunity to replace an outdated, inefficient
  and fragmented paper based system, with a
  centralized state-of-the-art realtime management
  tool.
• Fully utilizing internet based information
  delivery channels.
• Ensuring immediate availability of realiable
  information and efficient management of the
  mining and prospecting rights.

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SYSTEM OVERVIEW

• High level management tool
• The application is Web-based
• The system is spatially enabled
• Application tracking/status
• Improved Reporting

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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Web browser

• ArcIMS
• ArcSDE
• SQL

INTRANET
security
Web browser
Web browser
Web browser
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FUNCTIONALITY OVERVIEW

• System generated application receipt
• Spatial capture tool
• Application report
• Application status tracking
• Application administration
• Maps and spatial queries
• Reporting

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DECLARATION TAB
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ATTACHMENTS TAB
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RECEIPT TAB
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Summary of the process so far
INPUT
OUTPUT
ACTION
STATUS
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• Date/time stamped
• Applicant details

Receipt to applicant
Application received
Application Received
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• Spatial extent
• Commodities

Application added
Application Accepted or Rejected
Application confirmation report to Applicant
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Application administered

• DME processing
• Conflicts
• EMP/Financials

Application administration report
Right Granted or Refused
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APPLICATION DETAILS TAB

• Part D Spatial
• Part E Commodities
• Application Report

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Active Layer TAB
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Search and Zoom TAB
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Results of the Search and Zoom
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Editor TAB
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Mineral Right captured
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Copy and Load TAB
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Conflicts TAB
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Coordinates TAB
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Farm Portions TAB
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APPLICATION REPORT TAB
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Summary of the process so far
INPUT
OUTPUT
ACTION
STATUS
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• Date/time stamped
• Applicant details

Receipt to applicant
Application received
Application Received
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• Spatial extent
• Commodities

Application added
Application Accepted or Rejected
Application confirmation report to Applicant
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Application administered

• DME processing
• Conflicts
• EMP/Financials

Application administration report
Right Granted or Refused
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Tracking TAB

• Overview
• Admin
• Tracking
• File Movement
• Status Report

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Maps and Queries

• A user friendly tool to create maps
• Wizard driven tool is available
• User define layers and symbology options
• Maps can be saved and restored
• Queries on the database for reporting
• Show status of applications
• Data elements e.g. commodities

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MAPS TAB
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REPORTS TAB

• Detailed Reports available on menu
• Summary Reports
• Batch Reports
• User-defined parameters
• Statistical Reports available on menu
• Performance Reports
• Code Reports available on menu
• Lookup Tables etc.

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ADMIN TAB

• The administrator sets up the system environment

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HELP TAB

• To ensure that the help is user friendly it
  consists of PDF files, video clips and text files

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BENEFITS OF THE SYSTEM

• Web based
• A sophisticated spatially enabled system
• Managed centrally reducing administrative costs
• Higher standards and accuracy of Information
• Up to date information
• Fast Access to the Prospecting/Mining Right
  information - reports
• Application process tracking

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FLEXIBILITY

• The core technology can be customized to suit a
  countries individual needs.
• As the system is Web-based the prospective
  applicant can also be given access to related
  information e.g. reports via the Internet
• The application uses available spatial
  information.
• The base layers used would be adapted depending
  on a countries requirements.

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Consultant