Geospatial Technologies for Resource Development in Nigeria
1 Department of Surveying & Geolnformatics Bells University of Technology, Ota
* Corresponding author: olusegunareola@yahoo.com
* Corresponding author: olusegunareola@yahoo.com
Abstract
Guest Lecture delivered on the occasion of the conference on
Geospatial Technologies and Digital Cartography for national
security, tourism, and disaster management, organised by the
Geoinformation Society of Nigeria (GEOSON) and the
Nigerian Cartographic Association (NCA), in technical
collaboration with the African Regional Centre for Training in
Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS), which held in RECTAS in
November, 2012.
Cours délivré a l'occasion de la conférence sur les Technologies
Géospatiales et la Cartographie Numérique pour la sécurité
nationale, le tourisme et la gestion des catastrophes, organisée
par la Société Nigériane de Geoinformation (GEOSON) et
l'Association Nigériane de Cartographie (NCA), en
collaboration avec le Centre Régional de Formation aux
Techniques de Levés Aérospatiaux (RECTAS), tenue au
RECTAS en Novembre 2012.
Keywords
Geospatial Technologies and Digital Cartography
Geoinformation Society of Nigeria
GEOSON
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How to Cite
Areola, O. (2014). Geospatial Technologies for Resource Development in Nigeria. Journal of Geospatial Science and Technology, 1(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.54222/jgst.2014.cfcoz5n1
O. Areola, "Geospatial Technologies for Resource Development in Nigeria," Journal of Geospatial Science and Technology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-16, October 2014. doi: 10.54222/jgst.2014.cfcoz5n1
