SAGI Administration Officer has a number of books available for sale that you may find useful. The books and prices are listed below as well as a link to a detailed description of the contents and an image of the cover.

The cost excludes packaging and postage. Please email SAGI Administration Officer to order your copy.

Survey Hand Books and GPS Chapter
by eThkwini Municipality

Available from SAGI Administration Officer
R180.00 for both books plus P & P

Mapping South Africa
by Professor Andrew Duminy
published by Jacana Media

Limited number of signed copies available from SAGI Administration Officer
R235.00 + R43 P & P

A Historical Survey of south African Maps and Charts.  Hardcover 240x275mm full colour book with 136 pages containing 90 maps with the cover map depicting the 19th century map of the Cape by Sir James Carmichael Smythe, detailing the amazingly clear and artistic ability of map drawers at the time. 
At the recent launch of the book, Prof Duminy explained some of the processes behind map-making, briefly clarifying the difference between plain table mapping process and trigonometric mapping using theodolites.  He however, said that  no discussion about maps in the 21st century can be complete without a mention of Google, remarking on the massive changes that have taken place in map-making – including GPS systems and the rise of Google Earth – as well as how and why maps have become more accurate.

1. Latitude, longitude and the measurement of time and distance
2. Early explorers, maps and charts, 1652–1780
3. The last years of Dutch rule at the Cape, 1780–1795
4. The British take over the Cape
5. The Great African Survey
6. The Eastern Cape frontier
7. Exploring the interior of southern Africa
8. Colonial Natal
9. The Transvaal and Orange Free State
10. The Geodetic Surveys and the arc of the 30th meridian
11. The Anglo-Boer War and after
12. New ideas: Fourcade and Wadley

About the author

Andrew Duminy is a Professor Emeritus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His publications include a biography of Sir Percy FitzPatrick and several studies on the history of the Cape Frontier and of KwaZulu-Natal. His most recent work is a biography of his ancestor, the French mariner Francois Renier Duminy.

Review of "Mapping South Africa" - by Prof Elri Liebenberg,
Emeritus Professor of Geography at UNISA, and chair of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography.

Prof A Duminy's response the the review by Prof Elri Liebenberg

Suburban Wildlife in KZN
by Jason Londt
published by WEESA KZN

This glossy, full colour publication comes in an A5 format with clearly laid out, colour coded categories and is published by WESSA:KZN.

The author of the book is well known entomologist, Dr Jason Londt.  It is both scientific and entertaining, with full colour pictures on every page.   A beginners guide which will enable easy identification of many, but by no means all ‘gogos’ found in KZN.   Dr Londt is happy to answer any questions you may have which should please be directed to admin.officer@sagi.co.za.

Stock of this little treasure is extremely low – in fact the last 20 copies in WESSA stock are now available only from admin.officer@sagi.co.za for R40.00 plus R12 P & P (standard mail).  

Unfortunately, until further sponsorship is obtained, no reprint is envisaged by WESSA in the immediate future.  Companion editions for Western & Eastern Cape and the Northern Provinces are not available.  KZN folk – you better book your copy now!

Alien and Invasive Animals
A South African Perspective
by Mike Picker and Charles Griffiths

This excellent publication describes the history of each invasion, and their ecological and economic impacts in South Africa.  It also discusses the effect of introduced alien bio-control agents (usually insects), deliberately released to control problem plants.

This new Struik Nature publication released in September 2011 is authored by Zoologists Mike Picker and Charles Griffiths and is available at most bookstores. The recommended retail price is R220.00.

You won’t find the bedraggled Joburg “prawns” of Oscar-nominated science fiction thriller District 9 in this book but the authors account for pretty well every other alien and invasive animal that occurs in South Africa including the destructive Cryptotermes brevis.  While the authors list 601 alien and invasive animal species, they describe and illustrate more than 300 in the book. These are divided into 33 groups – such as mammals, birds, fishes, beetles, butterflies and moths, cockroaches, termites & sponges.
 
The book is an essential reference for conservationists, farmers, reserve managers, gardeners, anglers, biologists, land surveyors, rehabilitation project managers, researchers and the lay public. 
Key features are:

• Each group of animals is covered in a separate chapter written by a specialist in the field
• Colour photographs of each species
• Maps for each species’ native and introduced range, and a detailed map of its spread in South Africa
• Text covers identification and biology, distribution, impacts and control for the particular species
• Alien animals are considered in all habitats, including freshwater, terrestrial and marine.