[OSGeo Africa] Re: Africa Digest, Vol 50, Issue 6

[Gavin]

Hi Joben

Our courses are not online. If you search the web or take a look at
http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content you should find a number of
tutorials you can work though. 

Gavin

On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 09:59 +0100, Joben Bissong wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> am located and resident in Cameroon.
> 
> Is there no possibility that I attend online?
> 
> or necessary materials be shipped to me for self-paced study?
> 
> 
> Regards
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> >    1. QGIS course in Western Cape moved to 23 May (Gavin)
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> > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:49:28 +0200
> > From: Gavin <gavinjfleming at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [OSGeo Africa] QGIS course in Western Cape moved to 23 May
> > To: Africa local chapter discussions <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
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> > Dear all
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> > AfriSpatial through the FOSS GIS Academy is offering a Quantum GIS
> > Course from 23-25 May 2011.
> > Price: R3000 (no VAT)
> >
> > Note: It is no longer on 4 April, because of school holidays.
> >
> > Venue: Western Cape: Cape Town or Winelands area. We will decide on a
> > venue based on attendee locations.
> >
> > Why not tag onto AfricaGeo, which takes the week after this course?
> >
> > There is an optional extension covering an introduction to PostGIS on
> > 26-27 May, for those of you interested in a powerful spatial data
> > analysis and management platform.
> >
> > Price for QGIS + PostGIS: R5000 (no VAT)
> >
> > Cost includes course materials, a DVD with software and data and a
> > certificate of attendance.
> >
> > Cost excludes catering and computers.
> >
> > NB: Bring your own laptop, you'll do the course on your own computer.
> > You'll leave with QGIS and other FOSS GIS software set up and working on
> > your computer.
> >
> > We need at least 8 people confirmed by 6 May. To confirm please pay or
> > provide an order before 6 May.
> >
> > Register here or and we will send you a (pro-forma) invoice.
> >
> > Course overview
> >
> > This is an introductory-level course. So if you are new to GIS, new to
> > FOSS GIS or are experienced in other GIS software and want to find out
> > how to do your work in Quantum GIS, this course is for you.
> >
> > Quantum GIS (QGIS) is the ideal professional desktop GIS for any
> > application.
> >
> > Our aim is to make you comfortable with FOSS GIS tools for day to day
> > GIS work. Quantum GIS provides a compelling alternative to proprietary
> > GIS in many situations. We will start by installing QGIS, then take you
> > through the workflow of loading data from disparate sources, creating
> > data from scratch, data analysis and producing a professional map
> > suitable for delivery to a decision maker. We will also take a look at
> > some of the many plugins available for QGIS and touch on the use of
> > GRASS within QGIS. Lastly we will look at how QGIS can be integrated
> > into a multi-user enterprise environment by using it as a web services
> > and geospatial database client.
> >
> > PostGIS is a spatial database that is more than just a spatial data
> > store. Users, web map servers and other applications can all run off the
> > same database. And beware! Doing spatial analysis in PostGIS can become
> > addictive.
> >
> > The PostGIS 'extra' is a little more advanced than QGIS but is beginner
> > to intermediate as far as PostGIS goes. We will cover installing
> > PostgreSQL and PostGIS, loading data, performing spatial queries, doing
> > spatial analysis with SQL and using PostGIS with QGIS.
> >
> > Gautengers take note: We are planning a similar course in Gauteng in
> > June
> >
> > --
> > regards
> >
> > Gavin
> >
> > Gavin Fleming
> > http://afrispatial.co.za
> > t: 0218620670
> > c: 0845965680
> > f: 0866164820
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Gavin Fleming
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South Africa
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