Zinabu Getahun Sisay (M.Sc., Assistant professor) is an Assistant Professor of Land Surveying and Photogrammetry/Remote sensing at the Institute of Land Administration, Bair University, Ethiopia. He has graduated with his BSc degree in Land administration and Surveying, Bahir Dar University in 2011. He has been at Aalto University, Finland as academic exchange student in the area of Geomatics for one full academic (2013/14). He received his M.Sc.. degree in Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry in 2017 from the Addis Ababa University, Entoto Observatory Research Center focused on integration of GNSS with Aerial Surveying/Photogrammetry for positional alignment and orientation testing for cadastral and planning spatial features quality.   
Apart from this, he has been working as chair holder o Geomatics, department of Land Administration and Surveying and head of surveying and Mapping, Geospatial Data Technology Center, Bahir Dar University from 2017 to 2019.  Currently he is working as head of Land Administration and Surveying, Institute of Land Administration since 2019 and Research Division Head of Surveying and Geodesy, Geospatial Data Technology Center, Bahir Dar University since 2024. 

Email: newgz2012@gmail.com

Tel: +251 92 126 6885

Research Publication(s), Proceeding(s) and related academic publications

▪              Sisay Zinabu, G; Tulu B; Gesse, B. Martine, V. (2018);  Positional Accuracy Validation of Digital Orthophoto Mapping: Case Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia, Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real estate Research: https://doi.org/10.30672/njsr.65724 

▪              Sisay Zinabu (2021):  Feature Orientation and Positional Accuracy Assessment of Digital Orthophoto and Line Map for Urban Land Registration: The Case Study On Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia: African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences. https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v3i3.18157

▪              Sisay Zinabu, Tulu B; Gesse, B.(2017): FEATURE ORIENTATION AND POSITIONAL ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTO AND LINE MAP FOR LARGE SCALE MAPPING: THE CASE STUDY ON BAHIR DAR TOWN, ETHIOPIA. 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-47-2017 (Presented in ASPRS 2017 workshop Hannover, Germany)

▪              Zinabu Getahun Sisay (2017): LSM001: Feature Orientation and Positional Accuracy Assessment of Digital Orthophoto and Line Map for Large Scale Mapping (The Case Study on Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia). https://rcmrd.org/media-item/publications/conference-proceedings?download=148:ric-2017-conference-handbook. (Presented in RCMRD 2017 International Conference in Nairobi, Kenya)

▪              Sisay Zinabu, Amezene R. (2019): Optimum Sample Size Determination Scenarios for Orthophoto Positional Accuracy Test in Varied Topography for Urban Land Registration: Case Bahir Dar, Debre Markos, Harar City, Ethiopia: https://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/uploadeddocuments/CLPA/2019/Papers/Data-spatial- information-systems/paper_final_for_clpa-2019-converted.pdf. (Presente in African Land Conference in Abidjan, IvoryCost)

▪              Sisay Zinabu, et.al. (2023): Socie-Technical Evaluation of Urban Cadastral System Implementation against International and National Standards: Case Bahir Dar, Debre Markos, Harar City, Ethiopia. (Presented in North Africa Land Administration Govrnance (NALGA) Rabat, Morocco).