[GeoForAll-Africa] South Africa: Digital Elevation Models and Disaster Applications Workshop

[Suchith Anand]

This will be of interest to our education and training theme.

Suchith
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South Africa: Digital Elevation Models and Disaster Applications Workshop

A Digital Elevation Models and Disaster Applications Workshop is being hosted by South African National Space Agency (SANSA) at SANSA Space Operations at Hartesbeeshoek, Gauteng, South Africa, from March 23 to 27, 2015.

The workshop being co-organized by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS, http://ceos.org<http://ceos.org/ourwork/workinggroups/wgcapd/> ) Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD, http://ceos.org/ourwork/workinggroups/wgcapd/ ). The primary objective is to take advantage of the 30m SRTM topographic data and develop capacity within SADC to use the elevation model in different applications with a specific emphasis on flood modelling. Course participants will include two course coordinators from the Brazilian Space Agency (INPE) and the University of Colorado in the US, as well as 20 participants from the SADC region.

The CEOS WGCapD was formed at the 25th CEOS Plenary in 2011. The activities of the group are aligned with the four pillars of the Data Democracy Initiative Mission (DDIM) and aims to unify CEOS efforts toward:
- providing wider and easier access to Earth observation data
- increasing the sharing of software tools such as open source software and open systems interface
- increasing data dissemination capabilities and transferring relevant technologies to end users
- providing intensive capacity building, education and training (including awareness and outreach) to end users to gather information and increase their communication of the results.

Draft agenda:
http://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGCapD/Meetings/WGCAPD_SRTM-Workshop-Africa_Mar2015/WGCapD_SRTM-Workshop-Africa-Agenda-v3_Mar2015.docx

Contact: patrick.obrien at noaa.gov or psibandze at sansa.org.za

Source: http://www.sansa.org.za/news/96-newsletter?start=5





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