Help South Africa stop COVID-1931/03/2020Please visit the official government COVID-19 Resource Portal to find out what you can do to stop the virus. READ MORE
Mapping Soil Texture Using Machine Learning With Terrain Features11/05/2022High resolution soil maps are essential for soil management. It is necessary for applications such as precision farming, environmental remediation, and hydrological modeling. Proper management… READ MORE
Need contour data?06/06/2019GeoSmart has extended its product offering with a range of contour data at up to 50cm vertical inverval for anywhere in South Africa. Click here for more… READ MORE
New GeoDataPack for Nelson Mandela Bay released13/02/2018This GeoDataPack of Nelson Mandela Bay local municipality, which includes the city of Port Elizabeth, has been released. The pack combines various DEMSA2 derivatives and is ideal for detailed… READ MORE
New GeoDataPack for Stellenbosch Municipality28/02/2018Good News! Stellenbosch is now covered by a GeoDataPack. GeoDataPacks are collections of geospatial datasets tailored for improving decision-making and solving geographical problems. GeoSmart's GeoDataPacks… READ MORE
New milestone reached for DEMSA2!10/05/2018GeoSmart and the Centre for Geographical Analysis (CGA) at Stellenbosch University are proud to announce that the 2m resolution digital surface model of South Africa, DEMSA2, has now been extracted for… READ MORE
Planet Picture: Saudi Arabia06/10/2022Is this a piece of modern art or a picture taken by satellite? Sometimes, it can be hard to tell. This, however, is a satellite… READ MORE
Planet Picture: Sun Lakes17/08/2022Sun Lakes is an unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona. At the 2000 census there were 12000 people living in 7700 housing units. The featured… READ MORE
Rural municipalities gets much needed geospatial data10/09/2018GeoSmart is generating packages of geospatial data targeting rural municipalities. The latest release of our GeoDataPacks is for the Fetakgomo Municipality in Limpopo. The municipality is… READ MORE
Topographical Normalization of Remotely Sensed Imagery11/08/2020This animation generated by the Centre for Geographical Analysis (CGA) at Stellenbosch University illustrates the importance of topographical normalization when working with satellite images. In this example, a Sentinel-2… READ MORE
