Surveyors urged to embrace technology

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology, Prof. Jerry Samuel Kuma, has stressed the need for surveyors to embrace technology as a potential instrument in their profession.

He said the introduction of the digital information system tool into the survey profession had created an opportunity for the surveyor to use technology for planning and effective management of resource.

Prof. Kuma said technology was pervasive in all aspects of life these days, with land surveying also stepping up the pace of technology use.

He was speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors at Tarkwa in the Western Region.

The meeting was on the theme, “Technological advancement in the land surveying profession in mining, engineering and mapping.”

Prof. Kuma said land surveying had been an important factor in human civilisation since ancient history, as many kinds of surveying equipment had been used in the past to help land surveyors measure various parameters of land areas.

He emphasised that for the field of surveying in the country to reach international standards, there was the need to embrace technology.

The President of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors, Mr Ekow Budu-Aunguah, underscored the role of the surveyor in the development of the country.

He said the role of the modern surveyor had become extremely significant due to the growing number of disciplines that concerned it.

Mr Budu-Aunguah said the surveying sector was fast changing and the need for the use of technology in it was simply indispensable.

“As we continue to work, we must realise that we work with an increasing diverse collection of professionals who recognise the economic significance of this noble profession and that it has a huge future growth prospect,” he stated.

About 250 members of the institution across the country attended the meeting.

An exhibition of surveying equipment was mounted at the meeting.