[Qgis-user] QGIS Courses in Ethiopia and Kenya this July

[Martin, Michael]

Hello QGIS Users!

 

My apologies for promoting  a course I'm running in my first post, but I
wanted to inform you all of two Open Source Mapping courses that Mapping
Across Borders, a Canadian Non-Profit, will be running in July which I
feel will be of great interest to many on this list.

 

Over the past three years, Mapping Across Borders has run approximately
a dozen Open Source Mapping courses to over 150 participants in East
Africa. Our goal is to provide GIS knowledge and skill transfer through
in person and virtual training programs. We run five day classes and
cover GIS from the ground up using QGIS and other relevant software
(Google Earth, GRASS, GPS Babel, etc.) and are currently building
virtual resources training resources, including peer to peer and crowd
mentoring services. At our in-person events our philosophy is to teach
the concepts of GIS and apply them using free and open source software
using examples from participant's experiences and job descriptions. When
the program is complete, we follow up with participants at a personal
and community level to ensure that the lessons learned at the course are
able to be put into action. 

 

This July, we will be running two courses:

 

Ethiopia

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Venue: Agri Service Ethiopia Training Centre (behind Global Hotel)

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Date: July 9 - 13, 2012

Price: Starting at 3,000 Ethiopian Birr (see website for details)

Included: Lunch each day & tea/coffee/snacks

Website:
http://www.mappingacrossborders.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar
ticle&id=67&Itemid=81

 

Kenya

Location: Kisumu, Kenya

Venue: Whirlspring Hotel

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Date: July 37 -27, 2012

Price: Starting at 16, 500 Kenyan Shilling (see website for details)

Included: Lunch each day & tea/coffee/snacks

Website:
http://www.mappingacrossborders.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar
ticle&id=68

 

All details of course content, pace and registration are available via
our training websites. I welcome all of you to have a look at our
courses and to follow up with me or the contacts posted online if you
are interested in joining us, or are just looking for more information.
If you have any other lists that you think may be interested in our
course, please feel free to pass this email along or to send them my
contact details (michael.martin at ubc.ca). We would love to see some QGIS
User list participants in East Africa this summer!

 

Thank you,

-          Michael Martin

 

 

- Michael Martin, BSc (Hon)
Masters Candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies
University of British Columbia, Okanagan



Director, Mapping Across Borders

Website: http://www.mappingacrossborders.org

Blog: http://mikedotonline.blogspot.com

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#!/mikedotonline 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-martin/47/173/abb
<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-martin/47/173/abb> 

 

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