[OSGeo Africa] QGIS in Durban

[geotech.sarel at gmail.com]

Hi

Please contact me at geotech.sarel at gmail.com, I have been presenting QGIS courses here in Durban from introduction to advanced. I might be able to assist.

Regards
Sarel

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-----Original Message-----
From: William Walter Kinghorn
Sent:  15/07/2010 10:55:42 am
Subject:  RE: [OSGeo Africa] QGIS course on 14 August in Franschhoek

Hi Gavin,

Pity I won't be in Cape Town in Aug

Is it possible to video the Course

Would be nice to download an ogv, and watch ( Tim is this possible )

William
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From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Gavin [gavinjfleming at gmail.com]
Sent: 14 July 2010 22:57
To: Africa local chapter discussions
Cc: anisaacs at pgwc.gov.za
Subject: [OSGeo Africa] QGIS course on 14 August in Franschhoek

GISSA's Open Source special interest group / OSGeo Local Chapter is running an 'Introduction to Quantum GIS' course, open to all. Please share this with GIS colleagues and students.

You will learn how to drive QGIS and how to use QGIS to perform the most common GIS operations, including
- making a map (cartography)
- overlay analysis
- spatial queries
- data capture (mapping) and editing
- working with different data sources
- applying QGIS in your work environment (education, government, etc.)
- how QGIS can integrate with other GIS software.
- advanced spatial analysis (vector and raster)

We will also touch on using PostGIS, GRASS and web services.

Presenters: Horst Duester, Tim Sutton, Gavin Fleming.
Horst is a special guest from the Swiss Canton of Solothurn, where all government systems are 100% FOSS.
Tim is on the QGIS project steering committee.
Gavin chaired FOSS4G 2008<http://www.foss4g2008.org> and leads the OSGeo<http://www.osgeo.org> local chapter/ GISSA FOSS SIG.


Venue: Bridge House School, next to Graham Beck Estate, Franschhoek
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-33.87900&lon=19.03053&zoom=14

Date: 14 August 2010

Times: 8h30 - 16h30

Cost: R150 (If you can't afford this please come anyway and we'll make a plan)
Cost includes: lunch, teas, CD/DVD. Any profit goes towards equipping the school's GIS lab. Presenters' time is voluntary.

Please RSVP to gavinjfleming at gmail.com<mailto:gavinjfleming at gmail.com> so we can plan resources.

hope to see you there

Gavin




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