ABOUT GRSI

The goal of the Geo-Information and Remote Sensing Institute (GRSI) is to contribute to achievement of the sustainable environmental resource utilization in Zimbabwe and the region.

The objective of the GRSI is to provide spatial data analysis solutions that would result in the management of the environment and natural resources in a more sustainable manner than would be possible without considering the spatial aspects.

The spatial dimension is a required aspect of informed decision making.
The GRSI is building capacity to design and develop products that embrace the spatial dimension for informed decision making in:

• Natural Resources Management;
• Earth and Water Resources Management; as well as
• Land Administration and Facility Management.

The emphasis is on the use of remote sensing (RS) techniques and geographic information systems (GIS). Collaborative projects are implemented and services provided with the long-term objective to develop novel techniques for commercialization. The GRSI participates in projects that apply RS and GIS techniques for the development of the nation and region. This collaboration with stakeholders will develop the capacity of Zimbabwean sectors to include the spatial dimension in their decision making.

OBJECTIVES OF GRSI

The goal of GRSI is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable environmental resource utilization in Zimbabwe and the region. The objective of GRSI is to provide spatial data analysis solutions that would result in the management of the environment and natural resources in a more sustainable manner than would be possible without considering the spatial aspects.

GRSI CAPABILITIES
The main activities of the GRSI focuses on research and developments utilising the following capabilities:

* Remote Sensing including: the preprocessing of Satellite Imagery; georeferencing and orthorectification; image
interpretation; image classification

* Developing and maintaining spatially enabled databases, i.e. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) including: data capture (digitising and GPS surveys); geo-referencing and geo-coding; and map design

* Spatial data analysis including: relational analysis such as overlays, buffering, and neighborhood analysis; spatial
statistics such as geostatistics, point pattern analysis, spatial regression, and spatial modeling; as well as network
analysis.

* Operational Information Systems design with model application and WebGIS.

* Open Source software integration.

The bulk of GRSI activities are done in collaboration with other Institutes at SIRDC and other Government Departments as part of the Stage Gate Approach, in order to optimally benefit from teamwork in a situation with limited resources.