7th biennial Advances in Geomatics Research Conference (AGRC 2023)

About The Event

The Advances in Geomatics Research Conference aims to promote and encourage scholarship in various Geomatics sub-disciplines, providing an affordable forum for academia, researchers, and practitioners in Uganda and the region to discuss and advance Geomatics Scholarship.

Theme: GEOMATICS EXCELLENCE FOR A MODERN SOCIETY-SUSTAINABLE FIT FOR PURPOSE SOLUTIONS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

The Department of Geomatics and Land Management - Makerere University, Kampala has organised the biennial Advances in Geomatics Research Conference (AGRC) since 2011. The purpose of the conference is to highlight, promote and encourage scholarship in the various Geomatics sub-disciplines e.g., Location-based services, Engineering Surveying, GIS, Remote Sensing, Land Management, integrated spatial planning, etc taking place locally, regionally and internationally. Through the AGRC the academia, researchers and practitioners in the geomatics field in Uganda and the region have been accorded an affordable forum to discuss their work, peer review other researchers work and advance Geomatics Scholarship in the region. 

This year's conference will have a public dialogue on The National Land Policy. It will also have pre-conference workshops covering advances in the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and an Introduction to Laser Scanning and UAV Mapping.