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The Polytechnic of Namibia The Achievements of Poly (NUST) in AMESD Slide 2 GOALS for PON G1 Establish an Earth Observation and Satellite Applications Research Training Centre (EOSA-RTC) G2 Train 100 users per year (not including student intake) G3 Develop Specialised Short Courses G4 Mainstream AMESD Services in Education C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Slide 3 Goals for PON G5 Develop diverse satellite technology applications Provide practical training and exposure in livestock service (MESA) G6 Develop international (regional) collaboration. Develop e-learning programs to increase and improve outreach (MESA) G7 Support research, increase capacity, deploy and assist with the implementation of earth observation tools together with our national and international partners. C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Slide 4 Goals for PON G8 Promote free availability of such data for improved monitoring and modeling of key societal, environmental and global issues. G9 Engage policy makers and users G10 Research and Development of Postgraduate Programs G11 Achieve vision of being a center of excellence in research, capacity development and applications of earth observation in Namibia. Sum of all of the above! C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Slide 5 5 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, 10 PhDs; International staff: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa, Namibia, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Ethiopia, Botswana. C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Goals for PON (Unforeseen) Slide 6 6 The Department of Land Management (DoLM) (School of Natural Resources and Tourism) October 2011 November 2009 November 2013 C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Goals for PON (Unforeseen) Slide 7 7 University of Science and Technology (NUST) School of Earth and Spatial Sciences Geo-Spatial Information Science Urban and Regional Sciences Land and Property Sciences Natural Resource Science and Agriculture Restructuring ILMI EOSA -RTC C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Goals for PON (Unforeseen) Slide 8 8 What are Spatial Sciences? Measurement Location Mapping Analysis Modelling Body of knowledge and technology having to do with place and location on the Earth's surface. C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Goals for PON (Unforeseen) Slide 9 9 What are Spatial Sciences? Applied Research in relevant niche areas e.g.: Fleet and Traffic Management Species Distribution Mapping Flood Risk Analysis Forest Cover Monitoring Mapping of Informal Settlements Mobile Sensor Applications Modeling of Climate Change and Land Degradation Earth Observation and Satellite Applications C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 Goals for PON (Unforeseen) Slide 10 10 EOSA-RTC (Earth Observation and Satellite Applications Research and Training Centre) VISION: Centre of excellence in Research, Training, Development and Application of Earth Observation Technology. C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G1 Establish EOSA-RTC Slide 11 11 Second EOSA-RTC Symposium Towards a Vision for Earth Observation and Spatial Science in Namibia,17 th June 2013 First EOSA-RTC Symposium on Earth Observation and Satellite Applications June 2011 C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G1 Establish EOSA-RTC Slide 12 12 C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G1 Establish EOSA-RTC Slide 13 13 Calibration & Validation C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G1 Establish EOSA-RTC Slide 14 14 AMESD NATIONAL TRAINING | November 2011 | June 2012 | 18 21 June 2013 C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G2 Training Slide 15 15 Interdisciplinary Seminar Series March 2010 | Introduction to Open Source Desktop Mapping Interdisciplinary Seminar Series FOSS GIS (e.g. QGIS, PostGIS, WebGIS); GPS-based mobile mapping; Dynamic Systems Modeling (T21); Introduction to R Spatial Statistics; Species Distribution Modeling; Flood Mapping / Monitoring C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G3 Short Courses Slide 16 16 GIS Short Courses 2010 / 2012 Dissemination of basic and advanced GIS tools and techniques. Courses focus on ESRI GIS products but also integrate freely available software solutions and tools (Open Source). Courses offer hands-on and application-orientated modules. GIS Short Courses C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G3 Short Courses Slide 17 17 Joint Namibia Excursion 2010 | 2011 Geography Department University of Giessen, Germany C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G4 Mainstreaming in Education Slide 18 18 Remote Sensing excursion Waterberg Plateau 2012 | Ground truthing | Mobile mapping | Orientation and Navigation Exercises Implementation of a Remote Sensing Student Excursion C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G4 Mainstreaming in Education Slide 19 19 Remote Sensing excursion Waterberg Plateau 2012 | Ground truthing | Mobile mapping | Orientation and Navigation Exercises Implementation of a Remote Sensing Student Excursion C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G4 Mainstreaming in Education Slide 20 20 Research / Project Activities (Examples) SASSCAL National Forest Monitoring Programme; Future Okavango Project Land Use Practices / Tree Species Distribution and Modeling; Mobile Mapping Applications (Vehicle / Puff Adder Tracking); Traffic Management / Crime Analysis (CoW); GIS in High school Education; Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (Informal Settlements); Omakange Village Development Plan; Establishment of a Municipal GIS for Omaruru Township. C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G5 & G7 Technology Applications Slide 21 21 CubeSatsCubeSats for Africa new generation small satellites for new generation space engineers - a 21 st century satellite (r)evolution Cooperation with Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G6 International Collaboration Slide 22 22 Delivery of two Master Courses: Advanced Image Processing & Environmental Remote Sensing FSATI Master Programme in Satellite Engineering C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G6 International Collaboration Slide 23 23 Natural Colour Cape town True Colour NDVI C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G6 International Collaboration Slide 24 24 Multi-temporal time series | Cape Town SA Source: USGS GLOVIS (Quicklooks) C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G6 International Collaboration Slide 25 25 C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G8 Data Availability Slide 26 26 Architectural design of the PSDI C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G8 Data Availability Slide 27 27 DAST Development and Application of Spatial Technologies and Tools Earth Observation and Satellite Applications GIS in Disaster Risk Management GIS Education and Awareness GIS in Urban Planning and Development Spatial Analysis and Geo- visualisation Spatial Data Infra- structures DAST Research Cluster C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G9 Research and Development Slide 28 28 Bachelor Honours Geoinformation Technology Applied Geo- statistical Analysis Network Analysis and Geocoding GIS Application Development Mobile Application Development Community Resource Management Spatial Data Infra- structures Environ- mental Remote Sensing Research Methodology Advanced Geo- visualisation Mini-thesis Geoinformation Technology (Honours) C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G9 Research and Development Slide 29 29 Master of Spatial Science Motivation In line with the NUST mission to promote national competitiveness by providing multiple opportunities for excellent education, applied research, innovation and service; Promote the Departments/School reputation as a centre of excellence in the field of spatial sciences with appropriately specialised niche areas; Establishment of Research Culture transition from a (mainly) 'teaching institution' to a research and teaching unit; Interdisciplinary and cross-departmental. C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G9 Research and Development Slide 30 30 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 Completion of Research Framework for Faculty of Spatial Science Establishment of the Namibia Institute for Space Technology (NIST) in partnership with the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Directorate of Research, Science and Technology. C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G9 Research and Development Slide 31 31 Second EOSA-RTC Symposium Towards a Vision for Earth Observation and Spatial Science in Namibia,17 th June 2013 First EOSA-RTC Symposium on Earth Observation and Satellite Applications June 2011 C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 G10 Engage Policy Makers Slide 32 32 Develop a Vision for Earth Observation and Spatial Science in Namibia Develop as a Capacity Building Partner with MESA Become a Centre of Excellence in Earth Observation and Spatial Science C-T. H. Bayer - HoD: Dept of Land Management3-4 June 2013 The Future Goals?