[OSGeo Africa] Re: Africa Digest, Vol 50, Issue 6

[Joben Bissong]

Hi,

am located and resident in Cameroon.

Is there no possibility that I attend online?

or necessary materials be shipped to me for self-paced study?


Regards

On 3/19/11, africa-request at lists.osgeo.org
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> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:49:28 +0200
> From: Gavin <gavinjfleming at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OSGeo Africa] QGIS course in Western Cape moved to 23 May
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> Dear all
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> AfriSpatial through the FOSS GIS Academy is offering a Quantum GIS
> Course from 23-25 May 2011.
> Price: R3000 (no VAT)
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> Note: It is no longer on 4 April, because of school holidays.
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> Venue: Western Cape: Cape Town or Winelands area. We will decide on a
> venue based on attendee locations.
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> Why not tag onto AfricaGeo, which takes the week after this course?
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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.
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> Price for QGIS + PostGIS: R5000 (no VAT)
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> Cost includes course materials, a DVD with software and data and a
> certificate of attendance.
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> Cost excludes catering and computers.
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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.
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> We need at least 8 people confirmed by 6 May. To confirm please pay or
> provide an order before 6 May.
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> Register here or and we will send you a (pro-forma) invoice.
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> Course overview
>
> 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.
>
> Quantum GIS (QGIS) is the ideal professional desktop GIS for any
> application.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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> Gautengers take note: We are planning a similar course in Gauteng in
> June
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> regards
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> Gavin
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> Gavin Fleming
> http://afrispatial.co.za
> t: 0218620670
> c: 0845965680
> f: 0866164820
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