Landsat 8 Launch

       Here is advancement in the GIS world. With the Landsat Mission that has been available for about four decades, Scientists and researchers in the GIS field have benefited from the services available on the Landsat system. This has helped us understand our home “Earth” better by monitoring the changes both in natural and human activities. This has been possible by assisting the people to view the world beyond what the human sight can perceive. The Landsat 8 is much advanced than its predecessors having high precision and modern sensors. Using the Landsat 7 and Landsat 8, more scientific tasks will be achieved as the two can now provide the required data wherever needed. The Landsat mission will document various phenomena such as volcanic eruptions and forest fires.

Control points Marking,Nyeri County

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology was selected as an ample location to lay a pillar marking the control points by the Survey Of Kenya in a project set to mark new control points in the whole country in the year 2013.The pillar erected at the DKUT fields is of order one and is inter-visible from the pillar of order zero located at the top of Nyeri hill. 

This is to provide a better platform for surveyors who might be interested in carrying out survey tasks around Nyeri as there is a number of control points now available and the surveyors can use the one that suite them better . The pillar was erected on Tuesday 28^th  May,2013.

First semester departmental prayers

         Today 21^st May 2013 marked the day for the departmental prayers for the academic year 2013/2014.This is an activity conducted at the beginning of every semester within the Institute of Geomatics,GIS and Remote Sensing.Its a dedication of our life,friends and the department to the Almighty God.The event took place in the best way with the best students turnover ever recorded in this department.The beginning of every semester is very crucial and one can determine how the semester prevails just by your starting plan.Present in the prayers meeting were the representatives from the department,the director and the department students.This serves to bring the students together as one community and also help bridge the relationship between the students and the seniors in the department.

Attachment period photos

 <<During vertical control practicals

                                    a group participant>>>

 <<<< levelling the theodolite

                                         Group 1 at work>>>

  <<<Group 6   

                        Resting after practicals>>>

     <<<<Story time after work            

                                     holding a staff vertical>>>>

     <<<After work            

                                             survey equipments>>>

      <<<Using ERDAS--Remote Sensing          

                                         In a GIS lab>>>

INTERNAL ATTACHMENT COMPLETION

        The attachment commenced well on 21st January 2013 and lasted 8 weeks.All the required sectors of the attachment have been covered and reports submitted to the supervisors(department).The faces to be covered included the GIS,Remote Sensing and survey(vertical control,horizontal control and Cadastral survey).As we come to the end of the internal attachment,we happy to say that the attachment has been a success both to the students and to the department since all the activities have been concluded.
        At the end of every attachment,a comprehensive report indicating all the activities covered during the attachment period is compiled and handed in to the supervisor for marking.The students expresses their gratitude to the department for the continued support/assistance during this period and making the session all a success.Having done all this the students are free to leave for their destinations(homes/domicile).
        25th March,2013 marks the end of the internal attachment in Dedan Kimathi University of Technology(DKUT).Wish all the participants of this session a happy holiday,a fantastic Good Friday and Easter holiday.see you all in May 2013.

SURVEY PRACTICAL-internal attachment

  The 3rd face of the internal attachment commenced well with vigor and high expectations by the students to conduct their Survey practicals.The first week was leveling using theodolites.The students were to level one(1) kilometer of loose bound roads around the DKUT and carry out the analysis and produce final measurements of the roads and their respective diagrammatically represented outfits.All the groups were to start at the same point(common Datum) but take different routes.There were a total of six groups conducting the task.The first day kicked off by marking the control points along routes taken by each group.The control points were to be used to the next day to carry out measurements on the roads.During measurements,the staffs were located at intervals of ten meters and the staff readings recorded.Between two control points computations were conducted to ensure error-free results and if bugs were detected,measurements between the two control points were repeated.These activities were conducted in three days and on the fourth day the students embarked on measuring and leveling the sewer lines around the campus.These marked the week one activities in survey.
Problems encountered
1.Very harsh climatically facilitated conditions(sun-burns to many students)
2.Time wastage-leading to repeating the tasks
3.incorrect measurements-due to mirage because of the sun(bright light)

Internal attachment 2013,2nd year.

    23^rd January marked the begginning of the internal attachment for the second years in GEGIS  and GIS.The internal attachment is one of the most valued session during the course period.This session entails equiping the students with the required skills to enable them compete better in the industry after  or during their course in campus.Its a compulsory session as each student is evaluated at the end of the attachment  and the marks/grades attained used to compute one’s final grade at the end of the course.

       The attachment period kicked off well with high expectations that at the end of it all,every student will have a chance to carry out tasks in various fields such as GIS,Cartography,Remote Sensing and Survey on their own.The program has so far been good as parts of the attachment have been completed.These fields include the GIS and Cartography.These were carried out in the first weeks of the program using the ArcGIS 10.0 software.These sectors include the data collection,analysis,manipulation,storage,editing and printing out the maps where required.Due to time constraints,the students used a ready imagery to carry out the tasks.This was mainly carried out using the ArcMap 10.0 software.All the processes and tasks were carried out in trying to come up with the final product.Such processes included the digitization processses,error correction etc.Weekly reports are prepared to showcase students’ activities during the program to the supervisors.

The second part of the attachment was to start off the Remote Sensing acitivities.Remote sensing is the art of acquiring data/information about a feature/object in another location without having to be in contact with it.ERDAS 9.1 and ERDAS 2010 are the software in use for these activities.Many processes are involved in carrying out the Remote Sensing activities.such processes involve the mosaicing,subsetting etc.

This is the much that the students have done so far during this internal attachment.More to come.thanks all

 

Admission of new students

     Monday,10th of September 2012 marked a day when the university received new students.The registration process was successful and the new students are now here with us.The GEGIS and GIS flatternity wishes to express their joy and warmly welcome  the new students to the university.Its a good thing to see the society grow from a small group of 28 to big group of around 150 students.
     The GIGESA officials and members congratulate the new students for making it to campus and wish them well as they pursue their dream courses.You are at the right place at the right time my fellow comrades.
     Its now the high time you transit you livelihood with fellow friends for the better in order to suite well in the system as only the strong survive the hassle.

Campus Swags

Its only in campuses where you meet all types of people.Students are busy doing all they can to be the best in the society.This spans from their dressing,lifestyle,knowledge on various issues and their dreams.Below are the most common swags;
Wearing Tire open-shoes "Akala"

This is a type of open-shoe that a campus dude feels comfortable to be on.The advantages of these shoes is their long life hence enabling the dude to save the cost of acquiring a new pair every now and then,ability to tackle tough terrains without tear.
AKALA is a shoes that is not sewed but fixed with nails hence cannot easily tear as you wear.AKALA is also cheap to acquire hence no much hustle.A campus dude without this pair is missing out on great product experiences.

Being a great football fans

Football is one of the best sport loved by campus dudes.Almost every dude has a football they are a fan of(mostly the English football).
These games are enough to cause chaos during matches when the students try to compete unto which game to be shown on the screen.Ever been a victim?REMEDY; Watching each game 20 minutes so that everyone in the room can be comfortable.

Having the best phone

Technology is growing fast.We are currently on an information superhighway(the internet) where everyone is eager to know whats going on.Being updated is highest priority for anyone in the networks.
Having a phone with the best specifications to keep you on top among the students is every students struggle.With the "kaloan" from HELB students are able to fight in the technology sector in campus(not all).The funniest thing is that no one knows who is on top.funny.
Present in all Weekend  extravaganzas(raves n bashes)
Its an every weekend's activity to hang out with your pals as a student in campus.Its a swag to be present all the weekends of the semesters.With pockets loaded there is "fire" in weekend celebrations as you have the might to do what you want with as many friends alongside you as possible.At this time the guys are "untouchable" just to say.When the pockets run dry,you remain alone in the race.What you can afford is just listen to music on weekends as you wait for sleep to catch up with you and leave the "wazitos" in the race.This shows how difficult it is to manage funds.

These are just a few of the swags in campus.More coming soon