After careful consideration of the prevailing conditions and internal consultation, this is to inform you that UCT Libraries will continue as a Virtual Library Service for the month of January. Read the full statement
Apply for an ESRI ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro software license here. You will have to be signed in to your UCT Google Account to access the form. To access your UCT Google Account sign in to Google Drive using your UCT single sign-on credentials.
Spatial data is used to graphically represent the geographic environment including information on streets, property boundaries, contours, erf numbers, buildings etc. This type of data has cross disciplinary applications from spatial planners to landscape architecture researchers.
Cape Town GIS Data
The Built Environment Library has a small technical library with three PCs which contains the City of Cape Town geographical information systems (GIS) data. The data from the City of Cape Town is dated from 1998 until approximately one year ago and can be viewed using ArcGIS software which is installed on these computers.
Students are encouraged to find and extract necessary data in the library and manipulate the data using AutoCAD software available in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics various computer labs. Tips on how to extract and export data in various formats are available on the computers’ desktops.
Image credit: Slingsby. T. 2018. Centlivres building: University of Cape Town. Imagery adapted from Google Maps
The first Architecture Library occupied two wooden huts on the Upper Campus sports fields.
With the completion of the new Centlivres Building in 1959, it was possible to move into the more suitable, permanent accommodation it occupies to this day.
In line with faculty restructuring in 1997, the library was re-named the Built Environment Library and serves the School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics and the Department of Construction Economics & Management.