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<DIV><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Spatial Data Infrastructure — <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN> (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_1 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN>. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><A href="http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n5.pdf" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_2>http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n5.pdf</SPAN></FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Système de Gestion Intégré de l'Information Agricole et Rurale (SGIIAR) - <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_3 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Algeria</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Centre National de Télédétection de Tunisie GISweb </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_4 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Nigeria</SPAN> NGDI Committee Meeting and RFP for NGDI portal</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_5 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Kenya</SPAN> police command and control system, GIS-enabled </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- First corridor sensor web (<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_6 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">South Africa</SPAN>) proves viability of advanced spatial data infrastructure </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- South African consultation on requirements for future satellite sensor portfolio</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- SADC Geology Map </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Editorial board makes progress on content of Soil Atlas of Africa</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Abstracts online for International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) 2008 Congress, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_7 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">5-9 May 2008</SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_8 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Cape Town, South Africa</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- 3rd ESRI Eastern Africa User Conference – Call for papers, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_9 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">23-24 October 2008</SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_10 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Nairobi, Kenya</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- 7th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_11 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">27-31 October 2008</SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_12 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Accra, Ghana</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference (incorporating GISSA 2008), 29 September – 3 October, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_13 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Cape Town, South Africa</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Les XIèmes Journées Scientifiques du Réseau Télédétection, du 3 au 7 novembre 2008, a <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_14 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Antananarivo, Madagascar</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- GDEST <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_15 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN> - Geospatial Sciences for Sustainable Development</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Handbook on Geographic Databases and Census Mapping (draft version)</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Enjoy (temporary) free online access to Geoinformatica </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- OneGeology Cookbook v.1.0</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- GIS Visual Catalogue & Repository, Kruger National Park GIS/RS Lab</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- GIS data for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_16 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Kenya</SPAN> (from Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being) available on the web</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- BIOTA East Africa - GIS geodata service</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- FEWS NET maps, data and imagery</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Data from the Sharing Water Project: Towards a Transboundary Consensus on the Management of the Okavango River Basin</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Newly acquired Landsat 7 scenes over <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_17 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN> are now available at no charge</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Remote sensing applications to groundwater </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Mapping the election conditions in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_18 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Zimbabwe</SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Spatial distribution of childhood mortality in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_19 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">South Africa</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Using GIS to model and forecast HIV/AIDS rates in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_20 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN>, 1986-2010 </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- City of Johannesburg Regional Spatial Development Framework 2008-2009</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_21 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Madagascar</SPAN> with high-resolution planning tools</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- 7th Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNet) Workshop, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_22 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">22-26 September 2008</SPAN>, Caprivi, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_23 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Namibia</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Geographic Information Systems in Transportation (GIS-T) course, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_24 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">19-20 May 2008</SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_25 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Cape Town, South Africa</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Course on Basic Principles of Earth Observation, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_26 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">21 July - 1 August 2008</SPAN>, RCMRD, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_27 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Nairobi, Kenya</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Course on Land Management Information System (LMIS), <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_28 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">4-15 August 2008</SPAN>, RCMRD, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_29 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Nairobi, Kenya</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Les formations 2008 du Centre Régional AGRHYMET, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_30 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Niamey, Niger</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- RECTAS Postgraduate Diploma (English and French) and ITC-RECTAS joint MSc in Geoinformatics (English only), both starting <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_31 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">1 September 2008</SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_32 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Ile-Ife, Nigeria</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Foundation 2008 Grants (deadline <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_33 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">15 May 2008</SPAN>)</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Establishment of Centres of Excellence for Teaching and Research to Train Future Leaders in Sub-Saharan <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_34 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN> (deadline <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_35 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">30 May 2008</SPAN>)</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation: Strengthening research capacity in developing countries (deadline <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_36 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">30 May 2008</SPAN>)</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Mobilising Regional Capacity Initiatives (MRCI): Revitalizing Higher Education in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_37 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN> (deadline <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_38 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">30 May 2008</SPAN>)</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Agriculture and Health Research Platform (AHRP): Call for concept notes (deadline <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_39 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">11 May 2008</SPAN>)</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Professor/Associate Professor - Civil Engineering (Geodesy, Geomatics), <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_40 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Gaborone, Botswana</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Francophone Lecturer in Digital Photogrammetry (x2), Translator (x1), & Librarian (x1), <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_41 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Ile-Ife, Nigeria</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Assistant Professor - Geo-information and Organizations, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_42 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Enschede, The Netherlands</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- International institutions join forces on <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209729868_43 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Africa</SPAN> Agricultural Water Initiative</DIV>
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