[OSGeo Africa] Short course: Introduction to GIS Standards, University of Pretoria

[Magda Remisiewicz]

HI there,

Maybe you would find it interesting!
Cheers from in between two cold fronts
M & J


W dniu 2011/08/18 10:41 PM, Serena Coetzee pisze:
> Short course: Introduction to GIS Standards
>
> 29 and 30 August 2011 at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South 
> Africa
>
> 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 Working Group 7 
> in ISO/TC 211 and chair of SABS SC71, Geographic information 
> committee, the local mirror commitee of ISO/TC 211.
>
> For more information, see 
> http://www.gissa.org.za/short-course-introduction-to-gis-standards
>
> -- 
> Serena Coetzee
>
> Geography Building 3-7
> Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, 
> Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 
> X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa
> email: serena.coetzee at up.ac.za <mailto:serena.coetzee at up.ac.za> Web: 
> www.up.ac.za/cgis <http://www.up.ac.za/cgis>
> Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823 · Fax: +27 12 420 6385
>
>
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