South African address standard launched
SANS 1883, Geographic information – Addresses, South Africa’s homegrown address standard was officially launched by Mr Sazi Zangqa, Senior Manager: Standards Compliance at the SABS, on 15 October 2009. At the occasion, Dr Serena Coetzee, project leader of SANS 1883 and a member of the Department of Computer Science, as well as Mr Antony Cooper, chair of the local geographic information standardization committee, SABS SC71E, and currently busy with a PhD in the department, received a complementary copy of the South African address standard as a token of appreciation for their contributions to the standard.
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