Utilising mobile GIS for clearing invasive alien plants
Beneficiaries of Esri South Africa’s non-profit organisation programme include expanded works programmes such as Working on Fire and Working for Water. This article looks at how the high-altitude...
View ArticleGIS-based monitoring system to enhance safety and stability
This article illustrates the real-time ground behaviour monitoring system for the Sterkfontein Caves. A geospatial subsidence hazard model of the Sterkfontein Caves used a GIS approach to identify...
View ArticleAccuracy expectations for cloud-processed drone data
Roughly two years ago drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), received attention in various communities for their potential, specifically for the valuable data they could offer in real-time...
View ArticleGeographically speaking: Finding African geospatial layers
This article discusses the economic importance of geospatial layers for the continent of Africa and provides details on the geospatial layers included in the company’s AfricaProfiler dataset. Africa...
View ArticleSupporting decision making with innovative data products
To be able to adequately plan for the future development of South Africa, we need to have a comprehensive suite of data providing insight into the past developments; the present demographic,...
View ArticleGeospatial intelligence to counter copper cable conductor theft
This article discusses the development of a predominantly open source geospatial information system to support a geospatial intelligence capability in countering copper cable conductor theft (cable...
View ArticleUsing GIS to provide historical evidence for land claims
The process of resolving land claims in South Africa is often a contentious and time-consuming one. Furthermore, a land claim is a spatial problem in that claimants lay claim to particular farms or...
View ArticleNew algorithms for evaluating satellite data
A world record in information retrieval from satellite data has been set by Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu and her team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) – 3-million measurement points in 1 km2. The...
View ArticleUncovering where to provide optimised services
Telecommunications companies are faced with the dilemma of providing networks throughout the country, not only at the lowest cost but also in the most effective and quickest way possible. We are living...
View ArticleEvaluating a public sector organisation for SDI readiness
Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) facilitates the collection and sharing of geographic information developed by different organisations. Various government departments are implementing SDI in order to...
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