Trimble Navigation Limited, the owners and developers of geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) software eCognition Developer, eCognition Essentials and eCognition Server, has appointed the Centre for Geographical Analysis (CGA) of Stellenbosch University (SU) as an innovation partner in their Trimble Imaging Innovation Program. The first agreement of this type in South Africa, the [...]
We are excited about the successful launch of the Sentinel-2B satellite which will join Sentinel-2A to provide us with a 5 day revisiting period. Check it out: Sentinel-2B is the second satellite in the Sentinel-2 mission for Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme. Designed as a two-satellite constellation – Sentinel-2A and -2B – the Sentinel-2 [...]
The CGA, in collaboration with the Department of Civil Engineering at Stellenbosch University, recently completed a web mapping project for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC) relating to accident hotspots on provincial roads. The aim was to integrate data on road conditions and characteristics provided by PGWC’s Road Network Information System (RNIS) [...]
The CGA, in collaboration with the Department of Civil Engineering at Stellenbosch University, recently completed a web mapping project for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC) relating to accident hotspots on provincial roads. The aim was to integrate data on road conditions and characteristics provided by PGWC’s Road Network Information System (RNIS) [...]
PCI Geomatics Enterprises Inc., the developers of the remote sensing software PCI Geomatics and PCI GXL, have extended their Strategic Education Alliance Agreement with Stellenbosch University (SU) for another year. Now entering its second year, this agreement recognises SU as the sole PCI Technology Centre of Excellence in Remote Sensing and Geomatics in South Africa. [...]
Our short course dates for 2017 have been set. Click here for more information and make sure to book your spot. Limited spaces are available. 08 – 12 May 2017 – Introduction to GIS 14 – 18 August - Introduction to Earth Observation (Remote Sensing) 18 – 22 September – GEOBIA (eCognition) 16 – 20 October – Introduction to [...]
The CGA recently created a terrain-based Provincial Flood Hazard Index (FHI) of the Western Cape by using the Stellenbosch University digital elevation model (SUDEM). The overall purpose of the FHI is to improve: risk reductions measures flood preparedness spatial planning The development process for this project was as follows: the SUDEM was prepared for [...]
The CGA recently welcomed two earth observation students from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena in Germany. Eric Krüger and Stefan Werner are both doing BSc degrees that require three months of vocational experience. Following in the footsteps of previous Jena students, they capitalized on the established relationship between the Earth Observation Departments of [...]
Jascha Muller returns to the CGA after a six month student exchange in Germany. On the 25th of February 2016 Jascha Muller, a remote sensing specialist at the CGA - Centre for Geographical Analysis, had the opportunity to give a presentation at the Department of Remote Sensing at University of Jena in Germany. He interactively discussed [...]
Equipping early career researchers with tools for evaluating ecosystem services which underpin food and water security Workshop Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British Council, in partnership with the South African National Research Foundation, we will be holding a three day workshop on the above theme on September 29th-October [...]