Earth Observation and Spatial Science at the Department of Land management / Polytechnic of Namibia...

1 2nd EOSA-RTC Symposium 24 July 2013 Dr. Daniel Wyss | dwyss@polytechnic.edu.na

Earth Observation and Spatial Science at the Department of Land management / Polytechnic of Namibia

The Department of Land Management (DoLM) (School of Natural Resources and Tourism)

• Founded to provide land management experts to the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement;

• Fast Growing > 40 (full-time) faculty staff, > 400 students, eight programmes;

• International staff.

Team Retreat | October 2011

1. Town and Regional Planning, Bachelor

3. Regional and Rural Development, Bachelor / Honours 2015

4. Land Administration, Bachelor

5. Property Studies, Bachelor / Honours

6. Geomatics, Bachelor of Science (Professional)

8. Integrated Land management, Master

7. Geoinformation Technology (GIT), Bachelor / Honours 2014

2. Land Use Planning, National Diploma

Core Foci: Applied Research, Training, Consulting services

Qualifications:

Bachelor of GeoinformationTechnology (Honours)

Implementation 2011

Master Programmes

• ILMI – Master of Integrated Land Management - since 2009:

• International Master in Remote Sensing and GIS (UB, CPUT, UNZA, TRIER, DLR) – Implementation 2014/2015

• Master of Spatial Science (Research) – Implementation 2014

PHD Programme 2018

DAST Research Cluster

Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs):Mapping of informal settlements

Species Distribution Modelling

SDM map: Pterocarpus angolensis | Source: Vera De Cauwer

SASSCAL: Forest Monitoring System for Namibia

Landsat TM Path:174 Row: 072 Band 5. Overlay: MODIS Burnt Area Information 2010

Mobile Sensor Applications (Vehicle Tracker)

GPS + Accelerometers (X,Y, Z) – Position / Speed / Corrugation

Restructuring

ILMI EOSA-RTC

EOSA-RTC Vision:

Centre of excellence where people work together in research, capacity

development and applications of earth observation in Namibia/SADC

to provide maximum benefits for society, environment and economic

growth.

Goals:

• Develop human and institutional capacity;

• Utilize available and adapt new RS technologies, instruments, systems and applications;

• Raise awareness and intensify public relations;

• Promote Applied Research.

Goals:

• Contribute to better management and protection of ecosystems;

• Contribute to assessment, prediction, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and variability;

• Promote Open Access to EO data and information;

• Strengthening of international and multidisciplinary cooperation.

Activities:

• Public Lectures | Workshops | Symposia;

• Interdisciplinary Seminar Series;

• Support towards Development and Implementation of Postgraduate Research and Training programmes;

• Development of Polytechnics Spatial Data Infrastructure (PSDI).

First Symposium on Earth Observation and Satellite Applications at PoN | June 2011 | Annual continuation

Interdisciplinary Seminar Series March 2010 | Introduction to Open Source Desktop Mapping

AMESD | MESA Project

African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development

Monitoring of Environment and Security in Africa

Installation of Satellite receiving station,November 2010

EUMETCAST: MODIS TERRA/AQUA; NOAA; MSG; ENVISAT;SPOT VEGETATION….

Calibration & Validation

AMESD NATIONAL TRAINING | November 2011 | June 2012 | November 2013

CPUT Cooperation

CubeSats for Africa

new generation small satellites for new generation space engineers- a 21st century satellite (r)evolution

CPUT Cooperation

Delivery of two Master Courses:

Advanced Image Processing & Environmental Remote Sensing

CPUT Cooperation

Cape Town: True Color; Natural Color; NDVI

Image Processing

CPUT Cooperation

3D presentation of Brandberg | Fish River Canyon | NamibiaASTER DEM 30 m

3D Display and Analysis

Source: Dr David Roy

CPUT Cooperation

Fire Monitoring:

ACTIVE FIRES 2001 animation

MODIS NDVI / Active Fires

CPUT Cooperation

Time Series Analysis | Change Detection

Multi-temporal time series | Cape Town SASource: USGS GLOVIS (Quicklooks)

Polytechnics Spatial Data Infrastructure (PSDI)

PSDI | Architectural Design

THANK YOU

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