[OSGeo Africa] Junior GIS Developer needed
Gavin
gavinjfleming at gmail.com
Thu Mar 1 05:59:50 EST 2012
Hi Dorothy
On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 21:11 +0000, Dorothy K. Gordon wrote:
> Actually I am facing terrible challenges with GIS training, every
> expert I get and we do have lots of them around wants to teach
> everyone everything (which is difficult to sustain). Are there any 5
> day courses that can get people hooked
Get which people hooked on what?
University students hooked on FOSS GIS ('everything')
Professionals hooked on PostGIS? (or something equally specific)
I'm sure if you mention specific requirements you'll find someone with a
worthwhile scheduled or custom course who can get people hooked :-)
There are several options based in South Africa (who will also travel)
but I'm not aware of FOSS GIS training options elsewhere in Africa,
other than the UN in Nairobi and some other NGOs.
> and that members in the group have tried and tested? Should I forget
> about GIS experts for this and use regular IT people?
You do need the GIS expertise to cover domain topics like topology,
projections, spatial analysis etc. which 'regular IT people' won't
necessarily have a grasp of.
Gavin
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Dorothy K. Gordon
> Director-General
> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
> Mobile: 233 265005712
> Direct Line: 233 302 683579
> Website: www.aiti-kace.com.gh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Rand GIS CONSULTANT" <gis.linkedin at gmail.com>
> To: "Africa local chapter discussions" <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 29 February, 2012 2:31:17 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] Junior GIS Developer needed
>
>
>
> Dear All
>
> Another avenue to promote FOSS is at schools and tertiary
> institutions. I teach both FOSS and "proprietary" GIS software to
> students; whilst promoting the benefits of FOSS (especially as a
> teaching modality) to students. Hopefully, they will take the benefits
> of this approach to future employers.
>
> An aside, I would be keen to network with others interested in
> projects that would involve collaboration between CPUT/UCT students
> and "industry". My email is < randa at cput.ac.za > for further
> correspondence.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
>
> On 29 February 2012 16:08, S Coetzer < geotech.sarel at gmail.com > wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Gavin
>
> I remember those old docs (2007 - 2008). It will be nice to get current feedback of OSGEO mail "members" to see if they have promoted FOSS and to see what the current status in government is at the moment.
>
> There has been a trend and shift in the GIS applications of late. Open source products are bringing out great functionality and has caused propitiatory software to release some functionality for free or lose clientele.
>
> SQL server now has spatial extension (only couple years late)
> ArcGIS 10 now has free analysis tools where you had to pay in the past (thanks to QGIS/Grass which had it for past 5 years)
>
> It seems that OSS software is leading the propitiatory pack but yet organizations wants to pay license fees.
>
> Just sharing my thoughts
>
> Regards
> Sarel Coetzer
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Gavin < gavinjfleming at gmail.com > wrote:
>
>
>
> I'm also interested in Modiba's take, and of other SITA employees on this list.
>
> Here are some background docs to FOSS and interoperability policy in SA:
>
> http://www.sita.co.za/FOSS/FOSS1.html
>
> http://gissa.org.za/special-interest-groups/open-source/foss-documents
>
> I know from the SITA COO that she was hoping to have a FOSS GIS transition / rollout plan ready by the end of this financial year but that all the requirements were unlikely to be in place by then. So we should look forward to lots of SITA activity in this space in the coming year.
>
> Gavin
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 13:36 +0200, S Coetzer wrote:
>
>
> Hi Modiba
>
> Please provide us (OSGEO List users) with Sita's policy with regards to using FOSS products. Very curious on your take on this.
>
>
>
>
> Sarel Coetzer
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Modiba Ramohlale < modiba.ramohlale at sita.co.za > wrote:
>
>
> I will have to agree with Greg. I have guided two 'good' programmers
> who initially had no knowledge of GIS. It took them less than 3 months
> to understand how ArcIMS was constructed as well as AXL et al.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org ] On Behalf Of Gregory Setei
> Sent: 29 February 2012 12:03 PM
> To: jeffy_ditsela at yahoo.com ; Africa local chapterdiscussions;
> tsakane.baloyi at dpw.gov.za
> Subject: RE: [OSGeo Africa] Junior GIS Developer needed
>
> Dear Jeffy,
>
> I do have someone who is a Developer/ programmer, what he has no GIS
> background at this stage but he is willing to learn. His credentials
> include -Javascript
> -C#.
> .Net
> -SQL Server.
>
> If you can provide training on the ArcGIS programme, he will not
> disappoint you. His contact are 0739854916 . His name is Grant Mandla
> Setei.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg S
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org ] On Behalf Of
> jeffy_ditsela at yahoo.com
> Sent: 28 February 2012 03:51 PM
> To: africa at lists.osgeo.org ; tsakane.baloyi at dpw.gov.za
> Subject: [OSGeo Africa] Junior GIS Developer needed
>
> Hi All,
>
> I need a GIS Developer a.s.a.p to be based in Pretoria Head Office of
> Department of Public Works.
> -Knowleage of ESRI ArcGIS Suite 9.3.1 or above -ASP.net -Javascript
> -C#.Net -SQL Server or Oracle DB -Proficient in OOP, Design patterns,
> best practices and be experience of SDLC.
>
> Willing to learn new technologies, team player and innovative.
>
> I am will to teach the potential candidate if she/he shortfall of the
> above requirements.
>
> Preferable be South African with a valid ID and just graduated from a
> reputable University but if Foreign Nationals,be ready with proper work
> documentation.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Jeofrey Ditsela ( www.tipp.co.za )
>
> Contact me @ jeffy_ditsela at yahoo.com or 083 895 8997 Sent from my
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