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.
Posted on November 11, 2018
The latest forecast available. What to expect for the November-December-January period? Read more here.
Posted on November 07, 2018
Join the Department's Professor Breetzke and other experts at an Evidence Based Violence Prevention seminar at the Townhouse Hotel (Cape Town) from 11:00-13:00 on 21 November. The seminar is hosted by the Institute for Security Studies from the University of Cape Town, The Hanns Seidel...
Posted on November 06, 2018
The University of Pretoria congratulates Serena Coetzee on her appointment as Professor and Head of the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. She had served as acting Head of Department since March 2018.
Posted on November 05, 2018
On Saturday 3 November, 69 students from the 2018 class of GGY 252 (Process Geomorphology) visited Maropeng and the Sterkfontein Caves (known collectively as ‘The Cradle of Humankind’). It was one of the largest trips ever carried out for this course and was thoroughly enjoyed by all....
Posted on October 31, 2018
Two Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM) Honours students, Juniet Kgaphola and Luyanda Mthethwa recently attended and presented at the annual Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) Students conference that was held at the University of the Free State from the 3-5...
Posted on October 31, 2018
Our Department has a new HoD! Professor Serena Coetzee, the acting HoD and current Director of the Centre for Geoinformation Science, was appointed as the HoD on 1 October.
Posted on October 31, 2018
Join Professor Breetzke and Enterprises at UP for an introductory course on Geographic Information Science from 5-7 November.
Posted on October 28, 2018
Please join us on 1 November for our annual Department Mini-Conference. The conference will run from 08:00-15:20 in room 1-2 of our Department. We hope to see you there!
Posted on October 11, 2018
The annual conference of the South African Society of Atmospheric Sciences (SASAS) was held at Balito on 20 & 21 September of this year. Four Hons students, a PhD student and two lecturers from the Department presented 5 presentations and two posters.
Posted on October 09, 2018
The latest seasonal forecast is available. What is predicted? Dry conditions over larger parts of Namibia with rainfall expectations remaining favourable over the eastern parts. A weak El Niño is predicted, with ENSO predicted to be neutral by early 2019.
Posted on October 06, 2018
CGIS and St John's joins groups in over 60 countries to map areas affected by FGM.
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