Posted on May 15, 2019
The latest seasonal forecast (May) predicts a weak warming of the central Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures. With regards to rainfall in the SADC region, areas most likely associated with favourable rainfall outcomes are mainly restricted to the southern and southeastern coastal and interior...
Posted on May 10, 2019
Izak Boshoff (IB) Foster, a quadriplegic student as a result of a high school rugby accident, graduated during the April graduation ceremonies with his MA Environment and Society degree. Mr Foster obtained the degree under the supervision of Dr Natalie Haussmann, from the Department of Geography,...
Posted on May 10, 2019
The final year geoinformatics and meteorology students visited Esri South Africa on 9 May 2019.
Posted on April 20, 2019
On Thursday the 4th of April 2019, CGIS YouthMappers from The Centre for Geoinformation Science visited St. John’s College in Houghton, Johannesburg to attend a mapathon to help map areas of rural Tanzania in the efforts to help alleviate female genital mutilation (FGM).
Posted on April 10, 2019
The latest seasonal forecast (April) continues to predict a weak El Niño into the Northern Hemisphere spring and summer (Austral autumn and winter). Favourable rainfall in the SADC region is restricted to the southern and southeastern regions.
Posted on April 09, 2019
Prevlan Chetty from GCS and GISSA, Samy Katumba from the GCRO, and Sirosha Budram from Hexagon Geospatial spoke to 2nd and 3rd year students enrolled in GIS courses on 8 April.
Posted on April 05, 2019
Two seasoned academics from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Prof Jan Verschoor (Biochemistry) and Prof Wentzel Schoeman (Chemistry) recently gave their own unique flavour to the term ‘soapbox’.
Posted on March 30, 2019
he department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (hereafter, GGM) for the first time offered an Introductory remote sensing short course from 26-28 March 2019. This course, led by Mr. Philemon Tsele, targeted beginners in industry who have the appetite to acquire basic knowledge and...
Posted on March 20, 2019
Two researchers from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria, Dr Thulani Makhalanyane and Dr Christel Hansen, have been elected to the South African National Committee (SANC) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), an...
Posted on March 15, 2019
We would like to welcome Prof Emma Archer to our department, as well as Ms Azile Mdleleni as our Work Integrated Learning intern, and Ms Lauren Pijper, who will join us as the Academic intern for this year.
Posted on March 12, 2019
The latest March seasonal forecast continues to predict a weak El Niño into the Northern Hemisphere spring (Austral autumn). The south and southwestern parts of the Cape are also predicted to get more rain.
Posted on March 05, 2019
Dr Christel Hansen, a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, and a professional geographic information science practitioner, was recently awarded the prestigious Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) Centenary Award for 2019.
Posted on February 09, 2019
The latest seasonal forecast is now available and a weak El Niño is predicted into early spring.
Posted on February 04, 2019
The second issue of the 2019 NAS T&L Bulletin was officially launched on 1 February 2019. According to Dr Rory Biggs from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, one of the editorial members of the Bulletin, "The T&L@NAS Bulletin aims to be a forum for sharing thoughts,...
Posted on January 23, 2019
The Centre for Geoinformation Science at the University of Pretoria’s hosted the second YouthMappers Leadership Fellowship workshop in January 2019. The nine-day workshop was attended by 19 international students from 15 countries.
Posted on January 16, 2019
The first seasonal forecast for 2019 is now available. The predicted El Nino remains weak into winter with warm temperatures are expected over the western part of southern Africa.
Posted on December 10, 2018
It is again time for your latest seasonal forecast, this time for December. The predicted El Nino remains weak into winter. Dry conditions are expected over the larger part of the summer rainfall regions but hopefully more rainfall for the Western Cape.
Posted on December 05, 2018
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development. During their recent 2018...
Posted on November 30, 2018
On the 13th September 2018, GGM held a Gender Mainstreaming Workshop in direct response to the University wide call to eradicate discrimination and contribute to a transformed society. The workshop drew together students from the Department, lecturers, as well as invited speakers including Ms...
Posted on November 21, 2018
Dr Christel Hansen, a lecturer in the Center for Geoinformation Science, has voiced an explainer video for the Ice Flows game - a game that demonstrates the impact of climate change in Antarctica.
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