FOSS4G 2008 Activities

Page owner: Alize

This page is for organising and documenting all non-workshop activities for the morning of 29 Sept and the morning and afternoon of 3 Oct and other times where available. =Outreach= !!!!!!Volunteers needed!!!!!!!!!!

We would like to organise the following, other ideas welcome:
 * Public lectures on FOSS GIS given by FOSS GIS delegates. One or more people volunteer to give a flashy lecture and demo at UCT great hall or civic centre, free to the public and well marketed.
 * FOSS GIS workshops for
 * High School teachers (Fri afternoon 3 Oct at UCT or UWC?)
 * University students
 * University lecturers / faculty (Friday morning 3 Oct at UCT or UWC?)
 * Government officials
 * Install and configure (Ubuntu and) FOSS GIS software stack and data at schools / local municipalities around Cape Town
 * a public talk and demo in a township that's a wow! For all the kids
 * a field mapping or participatory GIS exercise in a township

These activities would be held at schools, universities or other public facilities in and around Cape Town.

=Technical Visits=

Other ideas welcome

Option 1 - Progress : secured
 * Houwteq Satellite Integration Facility in Grabouw – Institute for satellite and software application

- Contact person : Fred Thomas

followed by wine tasting on a wine farm in Grabouw ( venue still to be secured ) where

Francois Knight : secured (from Agri Informatic) will present an interesting presentation on how GIS is used in the wine industry

or

- Progress : secured
 * Sunspace in Technopark ( 1.5h visit)

- Contact person : Helena Bosman

followed by wine tasting on a wine farm in Stellenbosch( venue still to be secured ) where

Francois Knight : secured (from Agri Informatic) will present an interesting presentation on how GIS is used in the wine industry

Option 2 -Progress : secured
 * Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping (1.5h visit)

-Contact person : Annelene du Toit-Hessell

- Progress : in process
 * The Directorate Disaster Management and Fire Brigade Services

- Contact person : Schalk Carstens
 * SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute) - with Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
 * SAS Protea - Navy Survey Ship
 * Dept of Agriculture in Stellenbosch
 * Stellenbosch / Western Cape / Cape Town University GIS departments
 * Cape Town Metro GIS department.
 * We have also had offers from the Overberg and Saldanha municipalities.

=Other activities=
 * student competition a la GeoWeb 2008?
 * school competition?