What services does GeoSpace offer?

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GeoSpace International (Pty) Ltd is a Pretoria-based geospatial company that has operated across Africa since 1989. Its services fall into four main areas: aerial photography, census and field surveys, geospatial software and consulting, and specialised platforms such as precision farming. If you need imagery, large-scale socio-demographic data collection, or GIS software backed by implementation support, GeoSpace is positioned as a provider rather than a pure reseller.

Aerial Photography

GeoSpace describes itself as the leading aerial photography operator in Southern Africa and a leading aerial photography service provider in Africa. This is the company's longest-standing specialisation and the service it leads with on its website.

Choose this if you need aerial imagery coverage for mapping, planning, or survey work in the region. The company's stated experience spans more than 20 years in photography, census, software, and survey solutions.

Census and Field Surveys

GeoSpace presents digital census-taking as the future of the discipline, offering a modular system that can be implemented across all three phases of a census. Alongside this, it describes itself as arguably the largest socio-demographic field survey house in Africa.

  • Census solutions: modular, digital systems covering the full census cycle
  • Field surveys: large-scale socio-demographic data collection
  • Smart.Census: a named product in the census line

This is the relevant service area if you are a statistical agency, research body, or organisation running population-level data collection.

Geospatial Software and Consulting

GeoSpace works with technology partners Hexagon and Airbus, and states plainly that it is "not merely a GIS software reseller" but a geospatial solution provider. That distinction matters: the offering includes Hexagon Geospatial software plus consulting to make it work in your context.

  • Hexagon Geospatial: software solutions with implementation support
  • Consulting: advisory work on geospatial needs and challenges

If you already know which GIS capability you need, this is the route for software plus deployment help. If you are unsure what you need, the consulting service is the entry point.

Specialised Platforms

Beyond the core four areas, GeoSpace lists GeoFarmSA, a precision farming platform that helps collect, analyse, and interpret data. This is a domain-specific product rather than a general geospatial service, so it is relevant mainly to agricultural users.

Current and Recent Projects

The website lists several active or recent projects, which give a sense of the kind of work GeoSpace takes on:

Project Focus
CHASE-SA Harm reduction and alcohol safety in Southern Africa
QOL Survey 2023 (+ extension) Quality of life survey
SAMRC HER Story Research project
SAMRC Global Adult Tobacco Survey Health survey

These are survey and research collaborations rather than commercial mapping jobs, which reinforces the company's strength in socio-demographic fieldwork.

How to decide

  • Need aerial imagery in Southern Africa → aerial photography is the core offering.
  • Running a census or large field survey → the modular census system and field survey capacity are the fit.
  • Need GIS software plus someone to implement it → Hexagon Geospatial solutions with consulting.
  • Agricultural data collection and analysis → GeoFarmSA.
  • Not sure which applies → contact the company directly; the site invites you to discuss geospatial needs or challenges with its industry experts.

GeoSpace also notes more than a decade of sponsorship of the Africa Symposia on Statistical Development (ASSD), which signals sustained involvement in the African statistical community.

Contact

  • Phone: +27 (0)12 348 4586
  • Email: available via the contact link on geospace.co.za
  • Location: Pretoria, South Africa