Real-World Impact Through Research
We believe data should do more than just inform, it should drive change. From academic institutions to on-the-ground practitioners, our high-resolution geospatial products are actively shaping research, policy, and innovation across environmental science, infrastructure planning, hydrology, agriculture, and more.
Below are highlights of how our data and services are being used in real-world impact research to solve complex problems, model future scenarios, and improve decision-making.
Publications
An Evaluation of Interpolation Techniques and Commonly Used Digital Elevation Models for Floodline Mapping in a South African Environment
- Used DEMSA2 for Floodline Mapping in a South African Environment
- Article: https://www.proquest.com/openview/33b33c21e29bc5d844ef864eebf542d5/1?cbl=2026366&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar
March 2021, Prevlan Chetty
Selecting and refining suitable methods of developing digital elevation models to represent geomorphic features and characteristics of smaller wetlands in data-scarce environments
- Testing various different DEMs for wetland research
- Article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11273-023-09932-5
June 2023, Bennie van der Waal, Suzanne Grenfell, Nicholaus Huchzermeyer & Pippa Schlegel
Assessing the influence of DEM source on derived streamline and catchment boundary accuracy
- Using DEMS2 to asses its influence on derived streamlines and catchment boundary accuracy
- Article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336893876_Assessing_the_influence_of_DEM_source_on_derived_streamline_and_catchment_boundary_accuracy
October 2019, Zama Eric MashimbyeWillem Petrus de ClercqWillem Petrus de ClercqAdriaan Van NiekerkAdriaan Van Niekerk
Giving gully detection a HAND – Testing the scalability and transferability of a semi-automated object-orientated approach to map permanent gullies
- Using DEMS2 to assist with Gully erosion studies
- Article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377123190_Giving_gully_detection_a_HAND_-_Testing_the_scalability_and_transferability_of_a_semi-automated_object-orientated_approach_to_map_permanent_gullieshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/esp.5653
March 2024, George Oliver
Predicting gully erosion susceptibility in South Africa by integrating literature directives with regional spatial data
- Using DEMS2 to assist with Gully erosion studies
- Article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/esp.5653
July 2023, George Oliver
Drones as a tool to study and monitor endangered Grey Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum): Behavioural responses and recommended guidelines
- Using DEMS2 to improve the vertical accuracy of points collected by drones.
- Article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.10990
FEB 2024, Carmen R.Demmer