[OSGeo Africa] GISc assistant research officer position

[Julian Smit]

Good suggestion. The research is really focussed on the products; how we get there is really the interesting part. FOSS solutions can certainly be considered. I should have been more explicit about that in the advert.

Regards
Julian

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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:22:54 +0200
From: Gavin Fleming <gavinjfleming at gmail.com>
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ummm Julian, where's the FOSS GIS in this position?

Surely as a University you should be training people with FOSS to focus on theory and to empower them when they leave?

How about listing some FOSS experience as being advantageous incl:
Opticks, OTB, GRASS, QGIS etc. ?

We need to build RS capacity in SA and the most accessible tools to do that with are FOSS.

Gavin

On 18/02/2015 14:24, Julian Smit wrote:
>
> The position below is advertised on the University of Cape Town
> website and may be viewed at
> http://www.uct.ac.za/about/intro/vacancies/external
>
>
>
> The African Centre for Cities invites applications for an Assistant
> Research Officerto undertake research on *?intra- and inter-urban land
> use / cover change trends? in three smaller cities in Kenya, Zambia
> and Zimbabwe*. The ideal candidate will have expertise in
> geo-information sciences (remote sensing and geographic information
> systems).
>
>
>
> *Requirements: *
>
> ?         A master?s degree in an area of study relevant to the
> proposed research within the past five years (Geomatics, Geography,
> etc. with a geo-information sciences focus).
>
>
>
> The following would be advantageous:
>
> Knowledge and familiarity of the following geo-information sciences
> software
>
> o     ESRI ArcGIS
>
> o     Trimble eCognition
>
> o     Exelis ESRI
>
> o     Hexagon ERDAS Imagine
>
>
>
> *Responsibilities:*
>
>
>
> ?         Conducting relevant background research;
>
> ?         Collecting, and assisting in analysing, the land use / cover
> data for the case study countries / cities;
>
> ?         Managing a geographical information system for the project?s
> spatial database.
>
>
>
> Travel to the case study countries / cities may be required.
>
> The successful candidate must be willing to execute a specific
> schedule of research tasks.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Julian
>
>
>
> *Prof. Julian Smit <mailto:%20Julian.Smit at uct.ac.za>**__*
>
> Associate Professor (Geo-Information Science) / Head of Division
>
> Geomatics Division <http://www.geomatics.uct.ac.za/>
>
> School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics
> <http://www.apg.uct.ac.za/>
>
> Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
> <http://www.ebe.uct.ac.za/>
>
> University of Cape Town <http://www.uct.ac.za/>
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