The Department of Land Management contributes to integrated, sustainable land management through excellence in career-oriented, technologically driven education, training, research and service.

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

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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

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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
Geoinformationforms
cross-cuttingtechnology
Core Foci: Applied Research, Training, Consulting services
Qualifications:

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Bachelor of Geoinformation
Technology (Honours)
Implementation 2011

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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

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DAST Research Cluster

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

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DAST Research Cluster
Species Distribution Modelling
(SDM)
SDM map: Pterocarpus angolensis | Source: Vera De Cauwer

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DAST Research Cluster
SASSCAL: Forest Monitoring
System for Namibia
Landsat TM Path:174 Row: 072 Band 5. Overlay: MODIS Burnt Area Information 2010

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DAST Research Cluster
Mobile Sensor Applications
(Vehicle Tracker)
GPS + Accelerometers (X,Y, Z) – Position / Speed / Corrugation

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Restructuring
ILMI EOSA
-RTC

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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

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

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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….

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Calibration & Validation

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

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

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CPUT Cooperation
Delivery of two Master Courses:
Advanced Image Processing & Environmental Remote Sensing

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CPUT Cooperation
Cape Town: True Color; Natural Color; NDVI
Image Processing

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CPUT Cooperation
3D presentation of Brandberg | Fish
River Canyon | Namibia
ASTER DEM 30 m
3D Display and Analysis

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Source: Dr David Roy
CPUT Cooperation
Fire Monitoring:
ACTIVE FIRES 2001
animation
MODIS NDVI / Active Fires

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CPUT Cooperation
Time Series Analysis | Change Detection
Multi-temporal time series | Cape Town SA
Source: USGS GLOVIS (Quicklooks)

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Polytechnics Spatial Data Infrastructure (PSDI)

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PSDI | Architectural Design

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