The Global Evergreening Alliance (GEA) Eligible Project Area Locator (EPAL) Tool is a powerful QGIS plugin designed to facilitate and streamline reforestation project planning and evaluation across Africa. This innovative tool addresses the critical need for efficient and data-driven approaches to identify suitable afforestation sites and generate comprehensive reports.

SANSA Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring System - Phase 1

Kartoza developed a QGIS plugin to extract stream features (wells, sinks, confluences, etc.) from a stream network.

Zonehaven is an evacuation management platform that helped first responders and communities coordinate and communicate during emergencies such as wildfires. Kartoza provided SLA-based support for the platform’s open-source geospatial infrastructure, ensuring system stability, performance, and reliable data management.

Kartoza was subcontracted by GeoBusiness Solutions in Namibia to create a service that would automatically ingest uploaded shapefiles into a Postgres database and then serve the resulting vector data on a QGIS Server based API.

This project was done to help enhance MapStack's scalability for enterprise clients, improve its user interface and experience, and streamline deployment and content generation workflows.

Kartoza was contracted by Global Command and Control Technologies (GC2T) to help with updating their new mapping software and maps for their older software.

Kartoza collaborated with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team to strengthen open-source geospatial platforms and standards for humanitarian use. The work included designing the next generation of OpenAerialMap and supporting the standardisation of healthcare facility data within the OpenStreetMap ecosystem.

Kartoza partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) to enhance the African Data Drive (ADD) tool — an initiative aimed at improving data-driven biodiversity management across Africa.

Kartoza implemented an Open Source GIS software training programme over the course of 2021 on behalf of the Saint Lucia Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project in order to improve the internal processes of the Department of Physical Planning and other Domestic Agencies through the use of Open Source Geospatial Applications.

Kartoza aided in the development and setup of a GeoNode instance to serve as a repository for IHE-Delft's WDPP's (Water and Development Partnership Programme) research outputs.

Housing Planning Scenario Explorer – Phase 1 Completed

Kartoza and Lutra worked together to undertake a key technical initiative: the integration of Mergin to create a robust and efficient workflow for mobile Geographical Information System (GIS) data collection.

Kartoza was contracted by Microsoft to create a plugin for QGIS that allowed for the exploration of data from providers using the STAC API, with an emphasis on allowing easy exploration of Microsoft’s Planetary Computer data.

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InaSAFE is an open-source disaster planning tool that helps governments quickly model the potential impacts of floods, earthquakes, and other natural hazards. Kartoza developed the QGIS plugin, real-time analysis system, and web-based GeoSAFE interface to make impact assessments accessible to both technical and non-technical users. Today, InaSAFE supports national disaster management efforts by generating clear maps, reports, and recommended actions for faster, evidence-based decision-making.

The CPLUS (Climate Positive Land Use Strategy) Plugin allows you to analyze spatial data to predict ideal locations to implement different land use projects (activities) depending on your priorities and goals.

GeoSight is an open-source geospatial platform originally developed with UNICEF to make spatial data easy to explore, share, and visualise. Kartoza helped transition the project into an independent, community-driven initiative to ensure long-term sustainability and wider adoption.

This project focused on a major overhaul of the GEOSYS QGIS plugin, transitioning it to support the EarthDaily Agro field-level map API version 5, alongside a comprehensive rebranding from GeoSys to EarthDaily.

The REZoning tool (https://rezoning.energydata.info/ ) is an interactive, web-based platform designed to identify, visualise, and rank zones that are most suitable for the development of solar, wind, or offshore wind projects. Custom spatial filters and economic parameters can be applied to meet users needs or to represent a specific country context. The REZoning tool is powered by global geospatial datasets and uses baseline industry assumptions as default values for economic calculations.

Afrocentric IP (Pty) Ltd initiated engagement with Kartoza in February 2021 to undertake various tasks in relation to the BCCM (Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality) asset register project and wished to contract Kartoza to continue development thereof.

Kartoza was contracted by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) to develop a FOSS Electronic Metadata Catalogue (EMC) and Data Capture Project Register (DCPR) system.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), required a modernization of their system for documenting customary land rights in Uganda and Madagascar.

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The Okavango Repository for Biodiversity Data, or ORBIS, is a visionary initiative designed to fundamentally transform how biodiversity data is managed, shared, and utilised in Botswana. Led by the Okavango Research Institute (ORI) at the University of Botswana, the project addresses critical national challenges around fragmented, poorly curated, or inaccessible environmental data.

QGIS GeoNode Plugin

This project saw Kartoza partnering with Envirovision to fortify the technical foundation of their geospatial platform.

EOIntelligence, in partnership with Kartoza (Pty) Ltd., has developed a fully automated, satellite-based monitoring service for tailings storage facilities (TSFs), mine waste dumps, pit slopes, and other critical mining infrastructure. The service uses Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (dInSAR) on Sentinel-1 data to deliver millimetre-accurate surface deformation measurements at a fraction of the cost and effort of traditional ground-based surveys.

Kartoza served as the technical lead for the Digital Earth South Africa Data Cube, implementing a national-scale Earth observation platform for SARAO and SANSA. The project delivered a fully operational Open Data Cube environment with data ingest, analysis tools, and scientific workflows to support advanced satellite data analysis.

Spatial Matrix Ltd. initiated the development of Parcel Plugin in 2021 with Kartoza, who was contracted to continue development thereof as directed by Spatial Matrix Ltd.

SYW.io (Spinning Your Web (Pty) Ltd) needed to add spatial visualisation and interactivity to their Fireweb platform (https://syw.io/fireweb.html) and ultimately to their Uniti platform (https://syw.io/uniti.html) as well.

Kartoza used geospatial analysis to help St John’s College better understand student enrolment patterns and identify opportunities for strategic growth. By geocoding student addresses and analysing accessibility and transport routes, the project provided data-driven insights for admissions, marketing, and transport planning.

An OSIRIS Data Service with a series of restful Application Programming Interfaces (API), geospatial-enabled image services, and Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) services. These three different service offerings to support data discovery, access, and distribution to the user base as Analysis Ready Data (ARD) and as direct application inputs to decision-to-support tools.

At the time of embarking on this project, Kenya had a 71% national electrification rate (94% urban, 63% rural), with a population of 54 million. There was an opportunity to integrate electricity and clean cooking planning.

Kartoza (as Project Technical Lead) in partnership with; Clean Cooking Alliance (Though Leader / Coordinator), World Resources Institute (Technical Advisor), KTH Division of Energy Systems (Technical Partner) and Nepal Open University (Local Partner) on the worked on the Clean Cooking Explorer for Nepal.

QGIS Temporal Dataset Support and Time-Slider Development

SADC Groundwater Information Portal Development and Maintenance

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Enterprise GIS Setup and Support for Umvoto

Kartoza developed the World Bank’s Zimbabwe Electrification Platform, a national Spatial Data Infrastructure that integrated electricity infrastructure, population, socio-economic, and renewable energy datasets to support evidence-based energy planning. The platform enabled least-cost electrification analysis, helping decision-makers prioritise investments, identify under-served areas, and track progress using transparent, open-source geospatial tools.

Development of InWARDS Water Resource Management App.

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) will be a crucial part of Benin’s economic and social development. In order to facilitate the transitions needed for SDG7, robust energy planning efforts needed to be put in place.

Dynamic Ship Tracking and Nautical Chart Publishing.

OpenStreetMap-Based Scholar Project for Capturing Building Footprints in Swellendam.

Projecta Tool for InaSAFE and QGIS.

Kartoza's Topostyle project is an attempt to emulate the official styling with QGIS and SLD styles and map compositions.

A docker compose project to setup an OSM PostGIS database with automatic updates from OSM periodically. The only files you need is a PBF file, geojson (if you intend to restrict data download to a smaller extent than the one specified by the PBF) and run the docker compose project.

Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM).

The project aimed to automate and scale a water management tool, focusing on operationalising its area-to-volume algorithm. The initial deployment targeted the Guadiana catchment. The project also worked on cloud integration and scalability, transitioning components from local workstations to a cloud platform.

This is a Django app that allows users to point at a WMS service and add a Leaflet web map page to a Django website.

For ease of deployment Kartoza maintains pre-built, auto-updating images on Docker Hub. When there is a change in the Docker code in the tracked GitHub repositories, Docker Hub picks them up and updates the images.

Kartoza was contracted by the World Bank to further develop the Gender Enabling Environments Spatial Tool (GEEST) which leverages geospatial data to identify and address barriers to employment. By refining spatial insights, GEEST empowers decision-makers to create more inclusive, opportunity-rich environments for women in the energy sector.

Kartoza and the Ford Foundation, worked on the OpenEdu Initiative.

Kartoza's work supports the global mandate of the Energy Modelling Platforms (EMP), which are designed to enhance the capabilities of professionals (including academics, government analysts, and private sector consultants) in the critical field of energy system modelling.

The Africa Rangeland Watch (ARW) project included developing and refining an open-source rangeland monitoring tool. The project aimed to enhance the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX), expand tool functionality to Sub-Saharan Africa, and improve the ARW code framework.

Kartoza was contracted by Spinning Your Web Pty Ltd (SYW) to further develop the mapping functionality for EVS ForestWatch Mobile Fire Alert & Monitoring Solution.

The South African National Parks (SANParks) BIMS is an online platform enabling the upload, exploration and download of biodiversity occurrence data for national parks and marine protected areas in South Africa.

KFWIS is an instance of a BIMS (Biodiversity Information Management System)set up for tracking biodiversity in the Kafue Flats Wetlands, Zambia.

The infraFADA project is a critical initiative focused on modernising and expanding the global taxonomic backbone of the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA). The core deliverable is the development of the FADAtims (FADA taxa information management system), an online platform designed to allow FADA experts to efficiently curate, maintain, and publish their comprehensive taxa lists.

Kartoza developed an enhanced WASH Information Management System for LM International in South Sudan, funded by UNICEF, to support real-time monitoring and decision-making. The solution combined a scalable geospatial database with an interactive GIS dashboard to track water points, sanitation activities, and service status. Capacity-building and secure data access ensured the system could be effectively managed and used by local government and partners.

"Satellite Imaging and Daily Earth Insights to Take Action" Planet Labs is the leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth. Planet helps organisations harness change for action with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Planet Labs PBC required updates to current features, new features, and bug fixes for their QGIS Plugin. Kartoza was contracted to do the required development of the plugin.

The Energy Modelling Platform – Joint Global Training School (EMP-G) offered a unique opportunity for free training, access to expert-led discussion forums and coaching in the latest models and tools for energy planning. Hosted at the renowned International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), EMP-G has become a landmark initiative for professionals seeking to enhance their technical and analytical skills in the energy sector.

The Global Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre commissioned Kartoza to upgrade the Global Groundwater Information System (GGIS) by developing custom Python and JavaScript where needed. Kartoza also provides support and maintenance as well as online training.

Density Maps is a cloud-based platform that visualises billions of telematics data points as interactive heat maps. It allows users to track growth and performance over time using flexible filtering and time-series analysis.

The EcoWapp platform enables secure and efficient information sharing among stakeholders in the West African Power Pool, supporting the development of a unified power transmission network.

Rwanda's biodiversity program focuses on conserving and restoring the country's rich ecosystems while promoting sustainable development. This initiative aims to protect endangered species and habitats, enhancing the resilience of both wildlife and local communities.

Introducing GeoRepo: A Robust Platform for Versioned Administrative Boundaries with PostgreSQL, PostGIS, and Tegola.

The Business Engineering Map Viewer is an OpenLayers-based platform for visualising, sharing, querying and editing of municipal assets in South Africa.

The SANBI Wildlife Protection System is a platform to track the population levels of endangered wildlife.

The Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) is a platform for hosting, visualising and sharing freshwater biodiversity information for South African rivers.

Kartoza, in collaboration with Mark Herringer, developed a free, curated, and canonical source of healthcare location data.

An interactive, cloud-based platform for storing, visualising and comparing all types of geographic and IoT agricultural data

Three-week intensive training on data management with FOSS GIS to support geospatial electrification models for government officials, utility analysts and academic researchers.

Ogun State in Nigeria started implementation in 2012 of their first digital Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). At its core are new Land Information and Land Administration Systems, of which Kartoza was the core developer.

Mapping support for the Cape Town marathon event including and interactive online map.

A Professional Land Surveyor was required to assess the status of each land parcel and sign off on reports but the firm soon realised that this was very much a GIS project.

Kartoza has worked on the Earth Observation National Eutrophication Monitoring Programme (EONEMP) and a Mobile Application for Cyanolakes.

The Limpopo Biodiversity Information Management System (BIMS) is a platform for hosting, visualising and sharing biodiversity information in Limpopo.

A web application for the planning and monitoring of OpenStreetMap field mapping campaigns.

Three-week intensive training on data management with FOSS GIS to support geospatial electrification models for government officials, utility analysts and academic researchers

AfriSpatial, along with Linfiniti and Webtide, built the website for Tracks4Africa, incorporating their previous Tracks4Africa and Padkos sites.

InaSAFE FBA provides a platform for anticipatory action in the event of an impending disaster.

This project developed electrification planning models using OnSSET and deployed a web platform based on GeoNode and the Global Electrification Platform.

Conservation International contracted Kartoza to add additional features to the trends.earth plugin, a QGIS plugin. Trends.Earth is a free and open source tool to understand land change: the how and why behind changes on the ground.

Digital Earth South Africa (DESA) uses emerging technologies to provide easily accessible and standardised Earth observation data from SANSA's 30-year archive, facilitating immediate analysis for societal challenges.

On an ongoing basis, Kartoza plays a pivotal role in providing various support and development services related to Digital Earth Africa platform development, DevOps, platform support and community outreach.

Advancing Responsible Land Policy Kartoza Leading the Development of a New Software Solution

Stratafy empowers small to medium mining and quarrying operations by offering a platform that supports, RPA operations, 2D and 3D imagery, along with robust analysis and reporting tools through comprehensive dashboards.

Kartoza and LandInfoTech (LiT) developed on online, streamlined CMMS system using FOSS technologies for municpal asset lifecycle management.

A consortium of Kartoza and Piensa revitalized a legacy vanilla GeoNode instance, which served as the foundation for Dominica's national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), replacing it with a sophisticated platform that exceeds the capabilities of a traditional data portal.

GeoCRIS is a powerful geospatial analysis platform that enables users to visualise, analyse, and interpret geographic data, facilitating informed decision-making across various fields such as urban planning, environmental management, and resource allocation.

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Introducing Our Real-Time Earthquake Risk Assessment Tool for Indonesia

Kartoza was tasked with building a data catalogue for SANSA (South African National Space Agency) that the public can search for and order products through.

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The Jakarta flood maps project aims to identify and visualise flood-prone areas within the city to improve disaster preparedness and response.

We built the new AFIS web front end. AFIS is a system for automatic detection of fires in the SADC region using MODIS and other satellite data.

The CitySolve product is a commercial SaaS that provides land use management services to municipalities in South Africa.

The GeoNode instance that the World Bank had set up in Haiti a number of years ago to support Disaster Risk Reduction had accumulated many useful data sets but required an upgrade and overhaul.

Enhancing Biodiversity Data Management with GeoNode and QGIS Integration at the University of Venda.

Enhancing Mapping Accuracy with Kartoza's Styling of NGI Topographical and Aerial Image Layers

Empowering Water Quality Monitoring Capture, Explore, and Improve with miniSASS!

Enhancing QGIS: Introducing Live Layers for Improved Battlefield Simulations

Explore Trails and Share Your Adventures with Our New Web App!

Kartoza deployed and maintain this instance of Metacat (in Docker containers). Metacat is a metadata and data clearinghouse for environmental data.

Get Instant Quotes for UAV and Satellite Imagery with Swift Geospatial's New Tool

Bringing Cape Town to Life Shaded Relief Backdrops for Andre Boessenkool's Map Series

Kartoza created a high quality cartography web site for the Norwegian Trekking Association.

Connecting Coastal Data with SAEON's South African Portal for the Nairobi Convention Clearinghouse

Kartoza's Role in PostGIS and GeoServer Integration for StoneThree Project