Department of Geography

Mr M Mafanya

College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Ecological and Human Sustainability
Department: Geography
Lecturer
E-mail: mafanm@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • GIS and Remote Sensing

Qualifications

  • MSc Geoinformatics (UP, 2019)

Fields of academic interests

  • Machine Learning for Object-Based Image Classification
  • 3D modelling based on LiDAR and SfM point clouds
  • Invasive Alien Plant Species mapping
  • Radiometric Calibration of Multispectral data

Field of Specialisation

  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geospatial analysis

Journal articles

Projects

  • PhD Project: Synergy of GIS and Remote Sensing methods for monitoring the impact of invasive alien plants and assessment of the efficacy of control interventions at a national level.