Tag: Geographic Information Systems

GIS Mapping shows High Court Should Remain in Makana

Every few years the Government does its best to wreck the legal and economic life of Makana by proposing to move the High Court to Bhisho. In the mid 1990s I assisted the fight to keep the court here with some maps and population data that showed Makhanda (what was then Grahamstown) to be the... Continue Reading →

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MC Escher’s Butterflies Print Re-imagined

Escher's Butterflies on the Topographic Map of South Africa

MC Escher's work has always amazed me with the way he transforms reality: peeling it away in layers to reveal new structures and perceptions. Lately I've begun to wonder if I couldn't use one of his prints - The Butterflies - to blend his work with how Geographers use Geographic Information Systems to portray the... Continue Reading →

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