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Pietermaritzburg: Surveyor-General Office

KnatScan Project (1996 - 1997)

This project focused on the scanning of erf diagrams, general plans and sectional title plans. The project officially started on 25 September 1996 with some cleaning and numbering and indexing staff. The scanning hardware and software only arrived on 25 October 1996 which is when the scanning and quality control processes began. The project ended on 27 March 1997.

This project employed approximately 33 contractors (this number varied as the workload increased or decreased) for the project time-period. The contractors were divided into three time-slots for the project, namely:

  • Messengers, indexing and final quality control staff worked a full day shift i.e. 8.5 hours
  • Scanning and quality control staff worked a half day morning shift i.e. 7 hours
  • Scanning and quality control staff worked a half day afternoon shift i.e. 7 hours

These contractors were representative of the South African population in that at least two thirds are from previously disadvantaged communities.

The total project time for this project was 6 months.

Knat-FarmScan Project (1998)

This project focused on the scanning of farm diagrams and sectional title plans. The project officially started in September 1998 and ended in December 1998.

An interim indexing system was developed to accommodate the lack of integration between Trimco and SQL-Server. This indexing system was based on the Wang Imaging technology and included a scanning module. This project employed 6 contractors and made use of 9 Surveyor General personnel.

These contractors were representative of the South African population in that at least two thirds are from previously disadvantaged communities.

The total project time for this project was 3.5 months.

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