capacity building activities at south african national space agency (sansa) naledzani mudau ceos...
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Capacity building activities at South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
Naledzani Mudau
CEOS WGCAPD 3rd Annual meeting, Dehradun, India
23-25 April 2014
“To provide for the promotion and use of space and co-operation in space-related activities, foster research in space science, advance scientific engineering through human capital, support the creation of an environment conducive to industrial development in space technology within the framework of national government policy”
SANSA primarily derives its legislative mandate from the South African National Space Agency Act (Act 36 of 2008) and its strategic mandate from the
1. Ten-Year Innovation Plan
2. National Space Strategy
3. South African Earth Observation Strategy
SANSA MandateSANSA Mandate
SANSA Earth Observation Directorate
SANSA Space Operations Directorate
SANSA Space Science
Directorate
SANSA Space Engineering Directorate
Earth ObservationProgramme
Space OperationsProgramme
Space Science
Programme
Space Engineering Programme
Human Capital Development Programme
Department of Science &
Technology (DST)
SANSA Board&
Executive
Organizational Structure & Strategic Programmes
• Offer efficient EO services for national and international benefit and a sustained environment
• Conduct cutting-edge research, development and innovation to continually improve SANSA’s EO offering
• Development of human capital in EO related science
• Provide services that stimulate industry growth and participation in EO
• Establish and maintain effective and mutually beneficial international partnerships partnerships in line with national strategic alignment
Key Goals:
Earth Observation Directorate
5
Earth Observation Operational themes
6
Reception of Data
7
Sensor Spatial Resolution Coverage Date RangeLandsat 2, 3, 4, 5 15m – 60m Africa 1972 – 2011
SPOT 1, 2, 3, 4 10m – 20m Southern Africa 1986 – 2012
SAC-C 175m SADCExcl. Mauritius, DRC, Madagascar and Seychelles
2008 – 2009
CBERS 2B 20m SADCExcl. Mauritius, DRC, Madagascar and Seychelles
2008 – 2009
NOAA AVHRR 1.1km Africa 1984 – 2010*
MERIS 300m Africa 2002*
SumbandilaSat 6.25m Global 2009 – 2011
ERS-1 Radar 30m Africa 1994 – 2009*
ERS-2 Radar 30m Africa 2011 *
Archived data
Direct reception
•SPOT 5
•Landsat 7, 8
•MODIS
Distribution:
SPOT 6, WorldView-1 and 2, Pleiades, GeoEye-
1, RapidEye, TerraSar-X, RadarSat-2, Quickbird,
IKONOS
Current project = EOSAT 1: 10m-2.5m
spatial resolution
8
Operational sensors
SANSA EO Catalogue
http://catalogue.sansa.org.za
Linked to SAEOS
• “Fundisa” means to teach in Zulu
• Initiative started in 2009
• Response to CEOS data democracy initiative
• Promote access and use of earth observation data
• Packaged with satellite imagery, GIS data, DEM, open source software(links),articles and links to data portals
• Data provided for research and teaching purposes.
• External hard drive updated annually and distributed to universities
• Key representatives at the university
• Remote sensing / GIS lectures/technicians
• Promotes and distribute the disk throughout the academic institution.
Fundisa Disk
• NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERISTY
• RHODES UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE
• UNIVERSITY OF THE FREESTATE
• UNIVERISTY OF JOHANNESBURG
• UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
• UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (UNISA)
• Tshwane University of Technology
• UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL - DBN Westville
• UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL - PMB
• UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND
• UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO
• UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH WEST
• UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
• UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
• UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN CAPE
Fundisa Disk content
• Designed for high schools (grade 10-12)
• Practical remote sensing and GIS
• Assist teachers
Fundisa Disk – School Edition
Fundisa Disk – School Edition
LearnGIS
• Bursary scheme
• Internship programme
• Short courses
• University students training
• Staff development
• Student mentorship and supervision
Human capital development
Short courses• Introductory RS & GIS for teachers and end users/decision makers
• Basic Constructs of programming
• Field Spectroscopy
• Basic Image Processing programming
• Introduction to our data offerings
• Introduction to DEM creation and topographical/hydrological modelling from DEM derivatives.
• Spatial Analysis
• Land Cover Classification
• Introduction to QGIS
• Summer or Winter School in EO
• PCI – Particularly OrthoEngine and EASI scripting
• Radar introduction
• LiDAR introduction (probably NRE or CAO)
• Linux (LPIC lev 1 and Linux Essentials – online) – providing us with ability to offer Linux Essentials later in year
• Database management in Open source or PostGIS
• R course
• Schools visit
• Science festivals
• Training for teachers-first training to be done in June
• Science centres – need for more experiments
• Public engagement – show the benefits of EO
Science Advancement
• Focused workshops on the use of Earth observation technology
• Disaster management
• Urban planning, rural and infrastructure development
• Agriculture (EOPOWER)
• Water resource management
Workshops with the end-users
THANK YOU