Introduction to GIS short course – June 2019
The CGA presented their Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) short course from 3rd to 7th of June, which was attended by 8 delegates. This course is aimed at beginners to GIS and teaches [...]
The CGA is growing!
The CGA expanded at the beginning of 2019, adding a number of new members of staff to our team. We would like to welcome Dr Tara Southey, Mr Adriaan Prins [...]
Overberg Fire in satellite imagery
See below a comparison of Sentinel 2 images of the fires affecting the Overberg area. On the left are images taken on the 22nd of December 2018 before the fires started, and on the [...]
SAEO challenge
The CGA is proud to be one of the winners of the SAEOchallenge! It seems that the judges agreed that our earth observation technology to map and monitor [...]
Advanced GEOBIA Workshop
The CGA is excited to be hosting an Advanced GEOBIA workshop with guest trainer Keith Peterson, Product Manager eCognition Trimble Inc. Germany. Themes that will be covered include convolutional neural networks; customised algorithms; [...]
WRC publishes irrigated water use report
The four-year CGA project for the WRC, An Earth Observation Approach towards Mapping Irrigated Areas and Quantifying Water Use by Irrigated Crops in South Africa, has been published by the WRC and [...]