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

Volunteers needed 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?