[OSGeo Africa] Question for Submission

[Tyrel Flugel]

I think it is a (experimental?) method of farming that is meant to reduce
wind erosion. Or aid in land rehabilitation (perhaps planted with legumes?)
Not sure of the type of crop here though - wheat maybe?

There are similar styles near Langebaan in the Western Cape. You can see
them from the road (and on imagery) - the West Coast ovals are definitely
planted, so not a race track in that case.

Nicely SPOTted :-)
Tyrel

On Wednesday, 23 November 2016, Khalid Mather <khalidmather at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Cool pic , probably not crop circles though? Maybe they're clearing the
> land for farming purposes but working from the outer ringss inwards? Also
> some car race tracks or offroad 4wheeler tracks could fit the bill.
>
> Thanks for the share , sorry If I wasn't much help Kaylin. 😅
>
> Khalid
>
> On 23 Nov 2016 22:44, "Kaylin Barber" <BarberK at eskom.co.za
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>> Good day,
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>> I am looking at the SPOT 6 2015 imagery in the South West of the Northern
>> Cape (round about the region of 17.521E -30.558S).
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>> I came across these strange oval type shape and I am intrigued as to what
>> they are.
>>
>> See below the images I snipped for your viewing. Both taken from a
>> similar area.
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>> Kind Regards
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>> *Kaylin  Barber  *
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