[OSGeo Africa] African GIS & remote sensing news - June 2007 SDI-Africa newsletter

[Kate Lance]

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Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. It has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities, 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 synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association website at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp. Regional newsletters for Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are available. Please pass on this information to others who may be interested, and if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association News List at http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp.
 
The June 2007 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n6.pdf
- AFREF Project: first GNSS reference station in Kenya established   
- A new WebGIS platform for returnee monitoring in West Darfur 
- East Africa establishes climate monitoring centre
- Geographic information and GIS capacities to support HIV/AIDS monitoring in Zambia
- Land Policy in Africa: a framework of action to strengthen land rights, enhance productivity and secure livelihoods 
- SADC Regional Remote Sensing Unit website
- MDG Mapper: visualizing MDG progress in Africa
- UN Spatial Data Infrastructure for Transport geo-database schema  
- GISFish - Global Gateway to GIS, Remote Sensing and Mapping for Aquaculture and Inland Fisheries
- 2007 crop assessment tour summary in Zimbabwe and South Africa 
- Modelling the spatial distribution of five natural hazards in the context of the WHO/EMRO Atlas of Disaster Risk 
- Land Information Management Systems Training Course, 1-12 October 2007, Nairobi, Kenya (Deadline: 12 September 2007)
- Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Fellowship programme in sea level science and applications 2007-2008 (Deadline: June 30, 2007)
- Open Society Institute (OSI) Tools for Open Society initiative (Deadline: June 30, 2007)
- 2007-2008 ProVention Consortium Research and Action Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction (Deadline: July 15, 2007) 
- Nile-Transboundary Development Facility (NTDF) Competitive Announcement (Deadline: June 15, 2007)
- Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa or Least Developed Countries (LDC) at Centres of Excellence in the South (Deadline: July 31, 2007)
- Call for papers: 10th International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI-10), St. Augustine, Trinidad, February 25-29, 2008, http://gsdi.org/gsdi10/)
- Society for Conservation GIS-Kenya Conference – Geospatial Technology for Biodiversity Conservation and Management, Nairobi, Kenya, July 18-20, 2007
- Changements Climatiques et Adaptation en Afrique - Le Rôle des Technologies Spatiales, Alger (Algérie), les 25, 26 et 27 juin 2007
- Forests of the Congo Basin: State of the Forest 2006

Regards,
 
Kate Lance, SDI-Africa Newsletter Editor


       
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