DISCLAIMER

While every effort has been made to present reliable information, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any consequences arising from the use of this information. While every reasonable effort is made to maintain current and accurate information on the NSPDR Ecosystem Portal, DRDLR (NSPDR) accepts no responsibility for any error or omission on these pages or any site to which the site pages link, or for direct or indirect damage as a result of the usage or quoting the content on the site or the information delivered or not delivered or as a result of the downloading of computer files or the usage of computer programs available on the site.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Where appropriate, external links have been provided for the user’s convenience. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) (NSPDR) is not responsible for the content or reliability of linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. DRDLR (NSPDR) cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and has no control over the availability of the linked sites or pages.

LINK TO SASDI ELECTRONIC METADATA CATALOGUE

DRDLR (NSPDR) provides access to metadata descriptions contained in the SASDI EMC and links to its own data and that of others in the community of practice, in the belief that this will be useful and in support of Open Access to scientific publications and data. We cannot be held responsible for the quality of data provided by third parties, and while we take reasonable care in referencing these data sets, the content of both meta-data and data is under control of the third-party provider. All metadata records for spatial information held by the NSPDR shall at all times be referenced directly from the SASDI Electronic Metadata Catalogue.

DRDLR (NSPDR) shall not hold any metadata records. DRDLR (NSPDR) is not liable for any omissions, shortcomings, data errors and incomplete or erroneous metadata records. All users that encounter errors in the spatial data on the NSPDR Ecosystem must inform the relevant data custodian through form D available from the SASDI website : http://www.sasdi.net.

COPYRIGHT AND USAGE

Material(s) featured on this website is copyright protected, unless stated otherwise. Material(s) ,except third party material (e.g. photographs), may be reproduced or adapted free of charge in any format or media without requiring permission, provided that the material is being reproduced or adapted accurately and not in a derogatory manner or misleading context. The material may not be used for any financial gain. Where the material is also being reproduced or adapted, the adaptation, the source (including URL) must be acknowledged. All spatial information on the NSPDR Ecosystem is the responsibility of the relevant data custodians. DRDLR (NSPDR) accepts no liability for loss / injury / misuse / legal implications or any other cause whatsoever. The spatial data is provided as is on the NSPDR Ecosystem and update and maintenance frequency of such spatial data remains the responsibility of the data custodian.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Hardware:
The workstations minimum requirements are CPU: quad core i5/i7, Ram: 16GB, Graphics Card: Nvidia Quadro P1000, Operating system: Windows 10, Hard drive 250GB SSD.

Software:
The workstation must have an operating system installed along with all the usual software that come with the workstation when purchased. These must be kept up to date to ensure the efficient function of the workstation. Moreover, the workstation must be able to run the commonly used web browsers and ensure that these are of the latest version released. These include: Google Chrome, Firefox Mozilla, Internet Explorer

Internet Connection:
A minimum Internet connection speed of 10mbps upload and download is suggested to get the optimal functionality from the solutions. This will allow for fast working and reduce load times.

Login Credentials:
The user that wishes to use these solutions must be given login credentials from the System Administrators in his or her respective municipality or department.

Third Party Material: A permission to reproduce or adapt copyright protected material must be acquired from the third party concerned.

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