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Dear all<BR>
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AfriSpatial through the FOSS GIS Academy is offering a <B>Quantum GIS Course</B> from<B> 23-25 May 2011.</B><BR>
<B>Price: R3000</B> (no VAT)<BR>
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Note: It is no longer on 4 April, because of school holidays.<BR>
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<B>Venue:</B> Western Cape: Cape Town or Winelands area. We will decide on a venue based on attendee locations.<BR>
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Why not <B>tag onto AfricaGeo</B>, which takes the week after this course?<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Price for QGIS + PostGIS: R5000 (no VAT)<BR>
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Cost includes course materials, a DVD with software and data and a certificate of attendance.<BR>
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Cost excludes catering and computers.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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We need at least 8 people confirmed <B>by 6 May</B>. To confirm please pay or provide an order before 6 May.<BR>
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<B>Register <A HREF="http://www.fossgisacademy.com/tests">here</A></B> or and we will send you a (pro-forma) invoice.<BR>
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<B>Course overview</B><BR>
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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. <BR>
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Quantum GIS (QGIS) is the ideal professional desktop GIS for any application.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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<B>Gautengers take note: </B>We are planning a similar course in Gauteng in June<BR>
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regards<BR>
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Gavin<BR>
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Gavin Fleming<BR>
<A HREF="http://afrispatial.co.za">http://afrispatial.co.za</A><BR>
t: 0218620670<BR>
c: 0845965680<BR>
f: 0866164820
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