[OSGeo Africa] Being dumb

[Gandalf the Gray]

Hi Aslam

I have not received any response from CDNGI.

Pieter

On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM Gandalf the Gray <pjduplooy.gis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the info Aslam.
>
> Pieter
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM Aslam Parker <Aslam.Parker at dlrrd.gov.za>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Great GeoWizard
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>> Please contact sales at dlrrd.gov.za for support and assistance with the
>> portal.
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>> You can browse the catalogue and download the .tif file as well.
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>> *Yours in service** ....*?
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>> *Aslam Parker*
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>> *Designation*: Chief Director
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>> *Chief Directorate: *National Geospatial Information*;  *
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>> *Branch*:National Geomatics Management Services
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>> 19 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray, Cape Town
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>> Tel.: +27 (0)21 658 4301 • Cell.: + 27 (0)82 331 8501 •
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>> *aslam.parker at dlrrd.gov.za <aslam.parker at dlrrd.gov.za>* •
>> www.ngi.dlrrd.gov.za
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>> DLRRD - Confidential
>> From: Africa <africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Gandalf the
>> Gray via Africa
>> *Sent:* 09 June 2026 19:57
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>> *Cc:* Gandalf the Gray <pjduplooy.gis at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* [OSGeo Africa] Being dumb
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>> Hi guys.
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>> I wanted to download a 50K map from CDNGI today, and in stead downloaded
>> a product of which I cannot find the origin layer on the CDNGI portal.
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>> It was aerial imagery of 25cm over the map area I wanted, and the
>> resultant download was about 25GB.  The image was in Erdas .img and .ige
>> format.
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>> For the life of me, I cannot recall what the heck I downloaded.  Can
>> anyone shed light of what i downloaded?
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>> Would be appreciated.
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>>
>> Pieter
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