Academic and Scientific Programs:• Area(s) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specializati<strong>on</strong>: Remote sensing.Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> courses and research activities: photogrammetry, remote sensing.Durati<strong>on</strong>/Frequency/Language(s) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> instructi<strong>on</strong>: 2 years/Annually/English.f) South Africa• Council For Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Address: P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.Tel.: (27) (12) 841-9211Fax: (27) (12) 86-2856C<strong>on</strong>tact pers<strong>on</strong>s: Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>. D. A. Scogings/Mr. S. E. Piper, Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Surveying andMapping, University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Natal, King George V Avenue, 4001, Durban.Academic and Scientific Programs:• Area(s) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specializati<strong>on</strong>: remote sensing, <strong>satellite</strong> communicati<strong>on</strong>s, and <strong>satellite</strong>meteorology.• Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> courses and research activities:Courses: an introductory course in remote sensing is <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fered annually, usually at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Natal or, alternatively, at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cape Town. The course coversbasic principles <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> remote sensing, with an emphasis <strong>on</strong> <strong>satellite</strong> data and digital imageprocessing. No formal courses in <strong>satellite</strong> meteorology are <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fered. However, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> SouthAfrican Wea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r Bureau c<strong>on</strong>ducts in-house training <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> applicati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>satellite</strong>meteorology.• Research: remote sensing projects are funded in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> following fields: agriculture, forestry,hydrology, land cover mapping, natural vegetati<strong>on</strong>, geosciences, oceanography, dataprocessing techniques and algorithm development. Projects in <strong>satellite</strong> meteorology arecarried out by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> South African Wea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r Bureau and certain divisi<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> CSIR. Climatevariability over Sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Africa and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> behaviour <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Agulhas Current.Durati<strong>on</strong>/Frequency/Language(s) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> instructi<strong>on</strong>: Variable/Annually/English.• Facilities: direct recepti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> LANDSAT data, image-processing facilities available atvarious CSIR Institutes: Satellite Remote Sensing Centre, Nati<strong>on</strong>al Physical ResearchLaboratory, Nati<strong>on</strong>al Institute for Informatics and Nati<strong>on</strong>al Research Institute forOceanology. The Divisi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Microelectr<strong>on</strong>ics and Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Technologyoperates <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Satellite Applicati<strong>on</strong>s Centre. This facility receives, records and archivesmeteorological data from geostati<strong>on</strong>ary and polar orbiting meteorological spacecraft.Advanced image processing facilities are available for radiometric and geometricmanipulati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> meteorological data. In additi<strong>on</strong>, image-processing facilities exist in anumber <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r CSIR divisi<strong>on</strong>s.• Number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trainees: depends <strong>on</strong> programme.Entry requirements: B.Sc, M.Sc. or appropriate experience.Degree/Diploma/Certificate awarded: N<strong>on</strong>e.Geographical preference: Sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn Africa.76
• University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cape TownAddress: Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Geomatics.Private bag R<strong>on</strong>debosch 7701Cape Town, South Africa.Tel (27) (21) 650-3573Fax: (27) (21) 650-3572E-mail: heinz.ru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r@eng.uct.ac.zaC<strong>on</strong>tact pers<strong>on</strong>: Heinz Ru<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rPrincipal functi<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> instituti<strong>on</strong>: University Department with undergraduate andpostgraduate degrees (Ph.D. and M.Sc.).Academic and Scientific Programs:• Area <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specializati<strong>on</strong>: geomatics (research thrust digital photogrammetry, GPS, GIS,land tenure).• Courses: change <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all courses to geomatics.• Research: (research thrust digital photogrammetry, GPS, GIS, land tenure)Durati<strong>on</strong>/Frequency/languages <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> instructi<strong>on</strong>: 4 years undergraduate/2 yearsM.SC./2-3 years Ph.D..• Facilities: digital stati<strong>on</strong>s Integrapg Image Z, Leica Helava, 4 Ashtek GPS, GIS s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>tware(Arc Info), and standard survey equipment.Number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trainees: 50 undergraduates and 30 postgraduatesEntry requirements: matriculati<strong>on</strong> with special requirements for Math and Sciencedegree/diploma/certificate awarded: B.Sc. (Survey), M.Sc. (Survey), Diploma in GIS,Ph.D..• University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> NatalSouth Africa.Programme: Four B.Sc/M.Sc. in geomatics.g) Botswana• University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> BotswanaProgramme: B.Sc. in mapping and remote sensing.h) Zambia• University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ZambiaProgramme: five-year B.Sc. in geomatics.i) Kenya• University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nairobi, Jomo-Kenyatta, University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Agriculture and Technology, MoiUniversity, Egert<strong>on</strong> University, Kenyatta University.Programmes: four-year B.Sc. degree programme in geomatics.• Kenya Institute <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Surveying and Mapping, Kenya Polytechnic77