[OSGeo Africa] 2012 GIS courses at UP

Wed Feb 1 10:03:57 EST 2012

Dear Anwar, 

you have to compare apples with apples. I cannot comment on other courses, but this is, for example, what you get for the CE at UP spatial databases course: five days of PostGIS training, including an assessment.  If the assessment is completed successfully (above 50%), the delegate gets a University of Pretoria certificate of successful completion, which is endorsed by the Dept of Higher Education, so it adds value to one's CV. In fact, most of the courses in the email below include an assessment. 

Let's take the EO4Vistrails discussion offline...

Regards,
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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 Web: www.up.ac.za/cgis 
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On 18 Jan 2012, at 11:18 , Anwar (Meraka) Vahed wrote:

Dear Serena
We have just enrolled some of our students on PostGIS and QGis courses offered by Gavin Fleming and Tim Sutton (AfriSpatial) - pity. The UP courses are somewhat pricey although they would have saved us some travel costs.

On another issue, you may have heard of the research platform (EO4Vistrails) that we are developing for Earth Observation data. My intention since some time ago, was to ask whether we could share information about our activities here or alternatively, invite you to here. The idea is to obtain opinion about our work and perhaps explore possibilities for collaboration and capacity development. Would you be amenable to such an event?

Kind regards
Anwar

>>> 17/Jan/2012 at 20:52: 
> Courses presented in 2012 by Continued Education at UP (www.ceatup.com) and 
> the Centre for Geoinformation Science (www.up.ac.za/cgis) on the main campus 
> of the University of Pretoria, in Pretoria, South Africa. Enquiries and 
> registration: Mickaele Jenkins mickaele.ce at up.ac.za
> 
> Short course in Spatial databases with PostGIS
> =====================================
> Date: 12, 19, 20 and 26 March and 2 April 2012
> Duration: 5 days
> Course fee: ZAR 7,500 per delegate 
> 
> This course provides a practical introduction to PostgreSQL with PostGIS, 
> covering the following major themes of spatial databases: installing and 
> configuring PostGIS, viewing PostGIS data in a desktop GIS, spatial SQL 
> queries, spatial joins and spatial indexing. Although the theory is 
> explained, more time will be spent on practical examples, ensuring that 
> delegates understand how to view spatial data, query spatial databases, etc. 
> The course aims to equip the delegates with the necessary skills and 
> knowledge to use spatial databases in the daily operations of their 
> respective jobs.
> 
> 
> Introduction to GIS Standards
> =======================
> Date: 10 and 17 September 
> Duration: 2 days
> Course fee: ZAR 4,800 per delegate
> 
> ISO/TC 211, Geographic Information/Geomatics, has produced a number of 
> standards with regards to geographic information and collaborates with the 
> Open Geospatial Consortium Inc (OGC) on standards development. In this course 
> the practical use of geographic information standards will be demonstrated. 
> Upon completion of the course, delegates will know how to read, interpret and 
> implement a geographic information standard. A selected number of standards 
> published by ISO/TC 211, Geographic information, and the South African Bureau 
> of Standards (SABS), such as ISO 19115, Geographic Information - Metadata, the 
> South African address standard (SANS 1883) and OGC web service standards, 
> will be studied during the course.
> 
> Certificate Programme in Introductory GIS
> ================================
> Date: 8 February to 8 June 2012
> Duration: 4 months
> Course fee: ZAR 14,200 per delegate 
> 
> The purpose of this programme is to teach the theory and practical 
> components of a geographic information system (GIS). This programme will 
> introduce GIS and explain the use of GIS in research, problem solving and 
> decision-making. The programme includes a strong practical component to 
> strengthen the understanding of the theoretical concepts. A student version 
> of the software used will be supplied to each delegate. This mainly distance 
> learning course is an evaluated programme and will include compulsory 
> workshops and continuous assessment. 
> 
> 
> Certificate Course in Advanced GIS
> ============================
> Date: 8 February to 26 October 2012
> Duration: 8 months
> Course fee: ZAR 18,000 per delegate
> 
> The purpose of this course is to further the delegate's theoretical and 
> practical knowledge of GIS while enhancing their spatial thinking 
> capabilities. This programme will offer more advanced principles of data 
> acquisition, management and analysis when working with a GIS. This course 
> will also focus on specific problems which may arise while working with GIS 
> data. A student version of the software used will be supplied to each 
> delegate. This is an evaluated distance learning programme, which includes 
> compulsory workshops and continuous assessment. 
> 
> 
> Introduction to Remote Sensing
> =========================
> Date: 8 -10 February 2012
> Duration: 3 days
> Course fee: ZAR 4,200 per delegate
> 
> The purpose of this course is to further the delegate's theoretical and 
> practical knowledge of remote sensing techniques and applications. The course 
> introduces the principles of remote sensing, in particular covering three 
> main areas: introduction to remote sensing; remote sensing platforms and 
> sensors; and remote sensing data and analysis. All the practical exercises 
> will use the Environment for Visualizing Images (ENVI) software.
> 
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