SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - April 2008

Spatial Data Infrastructure ? Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The April 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n4.pdf
- Establishment of the Swaziland Integrated Geo-spatial Information
System (SIGIS) for economic development planning
- Implementation of the Committee for the Promotion Geographical
Information in Chad
- Liberian nationwide population census 2008 started on March 21st
- Burkina Faso: Atelier sur la production des m?tadonn?es
- Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure (KNSDI) Newsletter No. 6
- Workshop on Building Local Partnerships in Earth Observations, 1
April 2008, Pretoria, South Africa
- Africa mostly mapped for road navigation services
- Reducing biodiversity loss: new JRC tool to help protect Africa's
wildlife
- 7th International Conference of the African Association of Remote
Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) - abstract deadline extended to 30
June 2008
- Workshop on Environment Statistics, 19-23 May 2008, Abuja, Nigeria
- Association of American Geographers (AAG) offers membership program
for developing regions
- Visualizing Information for Advocacy: An Introduction to
Information Design
- Social networking for GIS professionals
- Making the most of geospatial data exchange: a guide for data
distribution
- Hydrogeological map of Africa
- VGT4AFRICA: dissemination of some POSTEL products to African users
via Eumetcast is operational
- Spatial analysis of the relationship between early childhood
mortality and malaria endemicity in Malawi
- Mapping road infrastructure in developing countries: applying
remote sensing and GIS ? the case of the Taita Hills, Kenya
- SADC Regional Training Opportunities for Professional Skills
Improvement in Land and Water Management
- Distance Education (free) - Lund University GIS Centre Master's
Programme in GIS, deadline 15 April 2008
- OpenStreetMap Grants
- GeoWeb 2008 Student Contest, deadline 15 May 2008
- 2008 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration, deadline 14 April
2008
- Mashariki Innovations in Local Government Awards Programme
(MILGAP), deadline 30 April 2008
- Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (IDRC) Travel Grants, deadline
15 April 2008
- Lecturer - Surveying and Photogrammetry, ITC, Enschede, The
Netherlands, deadline 15 April 2008
- Assistant Professor - Geo-information and Organizations, ITC,
Enschede, The Netherlands, deadline 28 April 2008
- Post-Doctoral Position ? Africa, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods
Hole, MA, USA, deadline 18 April 2008
- How to Develop a pro-Poor Land Policy: Process, Guide and Lessons
- Climate Change in Eastern and Southern Africa: Impacts,
Vulnerability and Adaptation
- 3rd SADC-EU International Scientific Symposium - Towards meeting
the challenges of climate change: Institutional structures and best
practices in land and water management in Southern Africa, 26-31 May
2008, Lusaka, Zambia

SDI-Africa 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.

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