http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAPv4n8.pdf
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 August 2007 issue includes
(among many other items):
- Libya Spatial Data Information Infrastructure website launched
- Lancement du nouveau portail de l'Ing?nieur G?om?tre Topographe
(Maroc)
- Kenya NSDI Newsletter (July 2007) highlights questions & answers
from standards seminar
- Guide to Open Data Licensing - for those who want to make their
data open
- Expansion of industrial logging in Central Africa
- Satellite images and GIS supports conservation efforts in Virunga
National Park, DRC
- Assessing the vulnerability to natural hazards on the
provincial/community level in Mozambique: the contribution of
GIScience and semote sensing
- Flood water identification over the affected states of Sudan
- Horn of Africa natural hazard probability and risk analysis
- Aligning GIS to developmental objectives of a South African
municipality
- Papers and presentations from Decision Makers Meeting Good
Administration of Land: Land Administration for Poverty Reduction and
Economic Growth, 7-8 December 2006, Windhoek, Namibia
- GIS seminars (South Africa) on "Core data set maintenance and
Interoperability awareness"
- Mining Cadastre for Nigeria
- Conflict-Free Land-Use Awareness Workshop, 6-7 August 2007, Dar Es
Salaam, Tanzania
- 20th Climate Outlook Forum for the Greater Horn of Africa
(GHACOF20), 5-7 September 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
- 2nd Humanitarian Development Summit, 17-19 October 2007, Nairobi,
Kenya
- IAA Regional Conference on Space for Africa: Path to Knowledge and
Development, 3-5 December 2007, Abuja, Nigeria
- Course on Application of GIS for Transportation, September 3-14,
2007, Dar e Salaam, Tanzania
- IEEE GEOSS Workshop - The User and the GEOSS Architecture XVII -
Earth Observation to Benefit Water and Health, 15-16 September 2007,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Training Course: River Basin Modelling, September 3-5, 2007,
Johannesburg, South Africa
- IUCN-NL Ecosystem Grants Programme (EGP). Deadline: 1 September
2007.
- British Ecological Society (BES) Overseas Bursary. Deadline:
Deadline: 1 September 2007.
- Lincoln Institute Planning and Urban Forum Research Fellowship 2007-
2008. Deadline: 15 September 2007.
- West African Research Center Travel Grants. Deadline: 15 September
2007.
- Job: Policy and Technical Advisor on Sustainable Land management
and Partnership Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Deadline: 16 August
2007.
- Consultancy: Technical Assistance to the SADC African Transboundary
River Basin Support Programme Case of the Basin of the Orange-Senqu
River in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Deadline: 17
August 2007.
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. 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.
Regards,
Kate Lance, SDI-Africa Newsletter Editor
SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - August 2007
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAPv4n8.pdf
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 August 2007 issue includes
(among many other items):
- Libya Spatial Data Information Infrastructure website launched
- Lancement du nouveau portail de l'Ing?nieur G?om?tre Topographe
(Maroc)
- Kenya NSDI Newsletter (July 2007) highlights questions & answers
from standards seminar
- Guide to Open Data Licensing - for those who want to make their
data open
- Expansion of industrial logging in Central Africa
- Satellite images and GIS supports conservation efforts in Virunga
National Park, DRC
- Assessing the vulnerability to natural hazards on the
provincial/community level in Mozambique: the contribution of
GIScience and semote sensing
- Flood water identification over the affected states of Sudan
- Horn of Africa natural hazard probability and risk analysis
- Aligning GIS to developmental objectives of a South African
municipality
- Papers and presentations from Decision Makers Meeting Good
Administration of Land: Land Administration for Poverty Reduction and
Economic Growth, 7-8 December 2006, Windhoek, Namibia
- GIS seminars (South Africa) on "Core data set maintenance and
Interoperability awareness"
- Mining Cadastre for Nigeria
- Conflict-Free Land-Use Awareness Workshop, 6-7 August 2007, Dar Es
Salaam, Tanzania
- 20th Climate Outlook Forum for the Greater Horn of Africa
(GHACOF20), 5-7 September 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
- 2nd Humanitarian Development Summit, 17-19 October 2007, Nairobi,
Kenya
- IAA Regional Conference on Space for Africa: Path to Knowledge and
Development, 3-5 December 2007, Abuja, Nigeria
- Course on Application of GIS for Transportation, September 3-14,
2007, Dar e Salaam, Tanzania
- IEEE GEOSS Workshop - The User and the GEOSS Architecture XVII -
Earth Observation to Benefit Water and Health, 15-16 September 2007,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Training Course: River Basin Modelling, September 3-5, 2007,
Johannesburg, South Africa
- IUCN-NL Ecosystem Grants Programme (EGP). Deadline: 1 September
2007.
- British Ecological Society (BES) Overseas Bursary. Deadline:
Deadline: 1 September 2007.
- Lincoln Institute Planning and Urban Forum Research Fellowship 2007-
2008. Deadline: 15 September 2007.
- West African Research Center Travel Grants. Deadline: 15 September
2007.
- Job: Policy and Technical Advisor on Sustainable Land management
and Partnership Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Deadline: 16 August
2007.
- Consultancy: Technical Assistance to the SADC African Transboundary
River Basin Support Programme Case of the Basin of the Orange-Senqu
River in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Deadline: 17
August 2007.
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. 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.
Regards,
Kate Lance, SDI-Africa Newsletter Editor