Changes in surface water area of Voëlvlei Dam from October 2016 to 22 March 2017
Changes in surface water area of Voëlvlei Dam near Gouda from October 2016 to 22 March 2017 as represented by a normalized difference moisture index (NDMI). The images, captured by the Sentinel-2 satellite, show [...]
The CGA begins work on Phase 1 of land audit for Stellenbosch Municipality
In September 2016, Stellenbosch Municipality and the Centre for Geographical Analysis (CGA) at Stellenbosch University embarked on a collaborative effort to share GIS data and services. As part of this collaboration, a comprehensive [...]
ESTIMATION OF TOTAL WATER USE BY IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
The CGA, in partnership with eLEAF ®, Agricultural Research Council, GeoTerra Image and several independent consultants, is currently carrying out research funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and the Department of Agriculture, [...]
Trimble enters into Imaging Program with CGA
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) [...]
Successful launch of the Sentinel-2B satellite
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 [...]
Web-based road-accident and road-condition data integration
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 [...]