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.
• FOSS GIS workshops for
  • High School teachers
  • University students
  • University lecturers / faculty
  • Government officials

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

Technical Visits

Volunteers needed We need someone to secure visits and organise logistics These are still tentative. Other ideas welcome

• Houwtek near Grabouw – satellite ground station with OS ingestion and processing software.
• Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping
• Surveyor General
• SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute) - with Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
• SAS Protea - Navy Survey Ship
• GIS on De Grendal wine farm
• 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.