Spatial Data Infrastructure ? Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa. It has been published monthly
since May 2002 and has wide circulation across Africa. Each issue
highlights recent activities, provides details about available data
and tools, and includes notices about upcoming training, employment
and funding opportunities, and events. The aim is to strengthen
national SDI initiatives and support synchronization of regional
geospatial activities. Past and current SDI-Africa newsletters are
accessible at the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association
website at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp. Regional newsletters
for Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are
available. Please pass on this information to others who may be
interested, and if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association
News List at http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp.
There is also an SDI-Africa Email Discussion List,
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa, with intermittent
news and announcements of opportunities (this email discussion list
is separate from the SDI-Africa Newsletter list). The archives are
accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-africa/, and you
can sign up to send and receive messages at
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa.
The July 2007 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n7.pdf
- Kenya NSDI standards seminar and documents
- South Africa's earth observation satellite launch postponed
- Nigeria: 90 percent of Nigerian geo-physical survey completed with
surprises
- Lidar aerial survey completed for multi million dollar SAO Tome
development project
- GEO-AQUIFER: using satellite imagery to manage transboundary
groundwater resources
- ESRI expands its international distributor network with the opening
of ESRI Eastern Africa
- Application of remote sensing for the integrated management of
ecosystems and water resources
- Africa validates a proposal for a Charter on Statistics
- Google sets up base in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Society for Conservation GIS-Kenya Conference ? Geospatial
Technology for Biodiversity Conservation and Management, Nairobi,
Kenya, July 18-20, 2007
- Expert Group Meeting of Land Registrars in Africa - Call for
Nominations and Participants. Deadline: 15 July 2007.
- Call for papers: 10th International Conference for Spatial Data
Infrastructure (GSDI-10), St. Augustine, Trinidad, February 25-29,
2008, http://gsdi.org/gsdi10/). Deadline: 15 September 2007.
- ArcGIS Explorer - offers free globes and GIS tasks to the public
- Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) RS/GIS
software now available free of cost
- Soil Atlas of Africa in development
- Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-
Being
- Global landslide risk map
- African Geographical Review ? Call for papers
- Postgraduate certificate course - Applications of Earth Observation
and GIS in Integrated Water Resources Management. Deadline: 1 October
2007.
- Land Information Management Systems Training Course, 1-12 October
2007, Nairobi, Kenya
- Travel Grants to attend AfricaGIS (and ISPRS activities). Deadline:
20 July 2007.
- Southern African Regional Co-operation Fund for Scientific Research
and Technology Development. Deadline: 27 July 2007.
- Budgets of East African governments reveal move to cut donor
reliance
Regards,
Kate Lance, SDI-Africa Newsletter Editor
African GIS & remote sensing news - July 2007 SDI-Africa newsletter
Spatial Data Infrastructure ? Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa. It has been published monthly
since May 2002 and has wide circulation across Africa. Each issue
highlights recent activities, provides details about available data
and tools, and includes notices about upcoming training, employment
and funding opportunities, and events. The aim is to strengthen
national SDI initiatives and support synchronization of regional
geospatial activities. Past and current SDI-Africa newsletters are
accessible at the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association
website at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp. Regional newsletters
for Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are
available. Please pass on this information to others who may be
interested, and if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association
News List at http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp.
There is also an SDI-Africa Email Discussion List,
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa, with intermittent
news and announcements of opportunities (this email discussion list
is separate from the SDI-Africa Newsletter list). The archives are
accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-africa/, and you
can sign up to send and receive messages at
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa.
The July 2007 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n7.pdf
- Kenya NSDI standards seminar and documents
- South Africa's earth observation satellite launch postponed
- Nigeria: 90 percent of Nigerian geo-physical survey completed with
surprises
- Lidar aerial survey completed for multi million dollar SAO Tome
development project
- GEO-AQUIFER: using satellite imagery to manage transboundary
groundwater resources
- ESRI expands its international distributor network with the opening
of ESRI Eastern Africa
- Application of remote sensing for the integrated management of
ecosystems and water resources
- Africa validates a proposal for a Charter on Statistics
- Google sets up base in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Society for Conservation GIS-Kenya Conference ? Geospatial
Technology for Biodiversity Conservation and Management, Nairobi,
Kenya, July 18-20, 2007
- Expert Group Meeting of Land Registrars in Africa - Call for
Nominations and Participants. Deadline: 15 July 2007.
- Call for papers: 10th International Conference for Spatial Data
Infrastructure (GSDI-10), St. Augustine, Trinidad, February 25-29,
2008, http://gsdi.org/gsdi10/). Deadline: 15 September 2007.
- ArcGIS Explorer - offers free globes and GIS tasks to the public
- Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) RS/GIS
software now available free of cost
- Soil Atlas of Africa in development
- Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-
Being
- Global landslide risk map
- African Geographical Review ? Call for papers
- Postgraduate certificate course - Applications of Earth Observation
and GIS in Integrated Water Resources Management. Deadline: 1 October
2007.
- Land Information Management Systems Training Course, 1-12 October
2007, Nairobi, Kenya
- Travel Grants to attend AfricaGIS (and ISPRS activities). Deadline:
20 July 2007.
- Southern African Regional Co-operation Fund for Scientific Research
and Technology Development. Deadline: 27 July 2007.
- Budgets of East African governments reveal move to cut donor
reliance
Regards,
Kate Lance, SDI-Africa Newsletter Editor