Short course: Introduction to GIS Standards <br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>29 and 30 August 2011 at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa<br><div><br>The
two day course provides an introduction to international standards for
geographic information, including topics such as, 'What is a standard?',
standardization organizations, the standard development process,
importance of geographic information standards and a number of case
studies, including ISO 19115, Geographic information - Metadata, the
South African address standard (SANS 1883) and the OpenGIS web map
service
standard. These topics are presented against the background of
standardization in South Africa's spatial data infrastructure (SDI).
Three CPD points can be obtained for successful completion of the
course. The course is presented by Dr Serena Coetzee and Mr Antony
Cooper, both actively involved in national and international
standardization efforts. Dr Coetzee leads the project for a South
African address standard, the international project on address
standardization (ISO 19160, Addressing) and chairs the Programme
Maintenance Group (PMG) of ISO/TC 211,
Geographic information/Geomatics. Mr Cooper is the convenor for Wor<var></var>king Group 7 in ISO/TC 211 and chair of SABS SC71, Geographic information committee, the local mirror commitee of ISO/TC 211.</div><br>For more information, see <a href="http://www.gissa.org.za/short-course-introduction-to-gis-standards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.gissa.org.za/short-course-introduction-to-gis-standards</a><br>
</div><br>-- <br>Serena Coetzee<br><br>Geography Building 3-7<br>Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa<br>
email: <a href="mailto:serena.coetzee@up.ac.za" target="_blank">serena.coetzee@up.ac.za</a> Web: <a href="http://www.up.ac.za/cgis" target="_blank">www.up.ac.za/cgis</a> <br>Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823 · Fax: +27 12 420 6385<br>
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