Adamu Bala, is a Lecturer in the Department of Geomatics at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, where he specializes in Geo-Information Science, Remote Sensing, Mining Surveying and Professional Practice. He obtained B.Eng. & MSc. Geomatics; PGDE; PGD Mining Engineering and currently enrolled for Ph.D. Geomatics. He had previously worked with Kabir & Associates Limited and Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences as Surveyor/GIS Analyst and Geoscientist respectively for cumulative 7 years, before joining Academia in 2018. Surveyor Bala is Registered/Licensed as a Surveyor with the Surveyors Council of Nigeria and a member of some professional bodies including the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), FIG Young Surveyors Network (YSN), Nigeria, National Association of Surveying & Geoinformatics Lecturers (NASGL), Northern Surveyors Forum (NSF), amongst others. He has attended and fully participated at numerous national and international Conferences including FIG Working Week, 2013 in Abuja, and has numerous local and international publications to his credit.