SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - September 2007

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Kate, SDI-Africa Newsletter Editor

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 September 2007 issue
includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n9.pdf
- Tunisian Association for the Digital Geographic Information (TADGI)
- Launch of the Interactive Forestry Atlas of Cameroon (version 2.0)
- Sierra Leone - valuation of properties for local assessment &
taxation purposes (Makeni City Council)
- Nakuru (Kenya) free community environmental knowledge-sharing centre
- Tanzania - Strengthening a Livelihoods-Based Food Security and
Nutrition Information System
- Multi-hazard risk assessment for disaster risk reduction and
financing in Madagascar
- ECA and WHO commission studies to launch Africa Health Infoway (AHI)
- Reports from United Nations Geographic Information Working Group
Coordination Meeting
- Call for abstracts - AGU2007- "Including Land use and Land Cover
Change in Earth System Models"
- 9th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of
Geographical Names, 21-30 August 2007
- 11th Southern Africa Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-11), 13-14
September 2007, Maseru, Lesotho,
- 1st International Symposium GEOTUNIS2007, 15-17 November 2007,
Tunis, Tunisia
- Map Africa 2007, 29-30 October 2007, Cape Town, South Africa
- Call for proposals to use Italian Space Agency COSMO-SkyMed products
- OOSTethys - ocean-science community using OGC standards to advance
ocean-observing systems
- African presence in Second Life's virtual 3D space
- Congolese pygmies use GPS to save trees
- Yiaku People prepare to map the Mukogodo forest, Kenya
- Integrating GIS in planning and implementation of malaria control
indoor residual spraying in Zambia
- British Ecological Society (BES) Building Capacity for Ecology Fund
(deadline 15 October)
- TWAS Fellowships for Research and Advanced Training (deadline 1
October)
- Consultancy - Mapping Ugandan Wetlands from Satellite Images
(deadline 2 October)
- Mapping governance - cross-country comparisons for 2006

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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
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