Joyce Gosata Maphanyane

Joyce Gosata MaphanyaneBiography A: Professional Joyce is an infrastructural engineer with: 1. BSc (Joint Honours), Topographic Science (Land Survey, Cartography, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and Geology; theses: a) “Map Revision for Botswana and how it can be adapted and b) Geological Mapping of Brunflo, Jamtland, Central Sweden. With the University of Wales, University College of Swansea, Wales, UK; 2. MSc GIS - Geographical Information Systems, Information Technology and Remote Sensing. Thesis is on the Application of GIS/LIS to Rural Land Capability Classification. With the Institute of Engineering, Surveying and Space Geodesy; University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; 3. Diplôme d’études Supérieures Spécialisé (DESS), Thesis titled the “Botswana Natural Resource Database, Design, Creation and Inventory, Towards Optimized Environmental Monitoring.” For the Cycle d’enseignement de la Télédétection with the Université de Pierre et Marie Curie, (Paris VI), Paris, France; and 4. The PhD Engineering: Infrastructural Engineering on GIS & Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Thesis on the Investigation of Land Cover Change and Trends through the Reconstruction of Historical Landscapes with School of Engineering, Melbourne University, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. B. Work Experience Joyce worked as a civil servant in applications for cartography, database management, photogrammetry remote sensing and GIS. Now she is an academician at the University of Botswana, doing research and teaching both undergraduate and post graduate in the same cadre. C. Projects She has been involved with a number of national, regional and international projects like AfSIS –CIAT Africa Soil Mapping, SASSCAL, Regional Postgraduate Course on GIS and Remote Sensing Creation and GHG land cover and land cover change mapping for UNFCCC for forest resource management, inventory and monitoring for climate change. D. Hobbies Her hobbies are agriculture, photography, cooking exotic food and travelling the world.

Publications

Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane. © 2019. 22 pages.
The first human footprints dated more than 1.9 million years ago; the Homo erectus era, “upright man,” marks the beginning of man's socio-economic historical development. It...
The Fundamentals and Applications of Geo-Spatial Research
The Fundamentals and Applications of Geo-Spatial Research
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane, Read Brown Mthanganyika Mapeo, Modupe O. Akinola. © 2019. 14 pages.
This chapter is about the fundamentals of geo-spatial research. The Earth's make-up and position in the entirety of the universe and its systems thereof is revealed. It also...
Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane. © 2018. 19 pages.
The first human footprints dated more than 1, 9 million years ago; the Homo erectus Era; ‘upright man'; marks the beginning of man socio-economic-Historical Development. It...
The Fundamentals and Applications of Geo-Spatial Research
The Fundamentals and Applications of Geo-Spatial Research
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane, Read Brown Mthanganyika Mapeo, Modupe O. Akinola. © 2018. 14 pages.
This chapter is about the fundamentals of geo-spatial research. The Earth's make-up and position in the entirety of the universe and its systems thereof is revealed. It also...
Applications of Geospatial Research in Earth Resources
Applications of Geospatial Research in Earth Resources
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane, Read Brown Mthanganyika Mapeo, Modupe O. Akinola. © 2018. 17 pages.
This chapter is a continuation from Chapter 1. The two chapters draw attention to discussions on the Earth and its systems, which are driven by the outer motion of the Solar...
Satellite Image Classes Categorization Schemes for United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change (UNFCCC): Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory for National Representation – The Botswana Case
Satellite Image Classes Categorization Schemes for United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change (UNFCCC): Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory for National Representation – The Botswana Case
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane, Gofetamang Phunyuka. © 2018. 13 pages.
This chapter looks at the disparities between the UNFCCC – GHG – Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LULCC) remote sensing images classification scheme with that of Botswana for the...
The 2010 to 2013 Revision of the Geology Curriculum at the University of Botswana: Geoscience Education
The 2010 to 2013 Revision of the Geology Curriculum at the University of Botswana: Geoscience Education
Read Brown Mthanganyika Mapeo, Thebeyame Ronald Chaoka, Joyce Gosata Maphanyane. © 2018. 12 pages.
In this chapter, we describe the revision of the geology curriculum at the University of Botswana and show how it has improved the overall curriculum. One of the important...
Soil Sampling Procedures for Chemical Analysis
Soil Sampling Procedures for Chemical Analysis
Modupe O. Akinola, Joyce Gosata Maphanyane, Read Brown Mthanganyika Mapeo. © 2018. 14 pages.
This chapter describes procedures used in soil sampling and its analysis; as well as why there is need to sample soils and for what purpose. We also describe the different types...
Emerging Approaches to Data Management for a New Geospatial Science Research: The Essences and Methodologies of Data Matter Perspective
Emerging Approaches to Data Management for a New Geospatial Science Research: The Essences and Methodologies of Data Matter Perspective
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane, Read Brown Mthanganyika Mapeo, Sethunya Simela. © 2018. 33 pages.
Chapter 19 and Chapter 20 are on the emerging approaches to data management for a new geospatial science research. This chapter gives the essences and the methodologies of data...
Emerging Approaches to Data Management for a New Geospatial Science Research: The Data Management Optimization Perspective
Emerging Approaches to Data Management for a New Geospatial Science Research: The Data Management Optimization Perspective
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane, Read Brown Mthanganyika Mapeo, Sethunya Simela. © 2018. 17 pages.
This chapter is a continuation of themes discussed in Chapter 19. It draws attention to the newly emerging fields and the growth they injected in geospatial science research...
The National Spatial Database Infrastructure (NSDI) in the Context of E-Governance Initiatives in Botswana
The National Spatial Database Infrastructure (NSDI) in the Context of E-Governance Initiatives in Botswana
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane. © 2012. 11 pages.
The National Spatial Database Infrastructure (NSDI) is presented in this chapter as ideal for sharing information that can help improve the lives of citizens. It takes into...