SMG will be utilising 4 technologies, namely airborne Lidar, hyperspectral imaging, satellite imaging and Geographic Information Systems.
Lidar (Light detection and ranging) is a service offering that allows aerial mapping of earth surface features. Using its state of the art systems, up to 200 000 accurate survey points can be captured per second, to derive 3D terrain information. A digital camera allows for the simultaneous acquisition of aerial photography of up to 5cm resolution. It provides significant time and cost savings.
For applications requiring less detail, distribution agreements with world leading satellite operators, allow SMG to provide end-users with rapid turnaround access of up to 50cm resolution satellite imagery and 5m digital elevation models of any location in the world.
SMG offers airborne hyperspectral imaging technology to its client base and is the only local company able to offer this service. Hyperspectral imagery is a technology which can simultaneously capture up to 500 images in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Since plants, soils, minerals and pollutants have unique spectral properties; these can be mapped from the imagery.
With its extensive digital data archive, SMG is able to provide GIS services for government and commercial sectors.
Our sector orientation
Local, provincial and national Government parastatals (rural development, spatial development frameworks, integrated development planning, service delivery).
