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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. | 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= | =Outreach= | ||
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We would like to organise the following, other ideas welcome: | 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. | *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. | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 19 May 2008
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
- Houwteq Satellite Integration Facility in Grabouw – Institute for satellite and software application
- Progress : secured
- 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
- Sunspace in Technopark ( 1.5h visit)
- Progress : secured
- 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
- Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping (1.5h visit)
-Progress : secured
-Contact person : Annelene du Toit-Hessell
- The Directorate Disaster Management and Fire Brigade Services
- Progress : in process
- 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?