Page owner: Alize

This page is for organising and documenting all non-workshop activities for the morning and afternoon of 3 Oct and other times where available.

Outreach

!!!!!!Volunteers needed!!!!!!!!!!

Friday 26th September

Day course on open source applications

Honours and postgraduate students welcome
Day event in the Geomatics computer lab @ UCT
Presenter: Martin Dresen from Germany

Possible contents:

Survey on webmapping applications
OpenLayers
UMN Mapserver applications (MS4W package)

Contacts

Alize Botha : ABotha1@csir.co.za
Dr Julian Smith : Julian.Smit@uct.ac.za

Sunday 28 September

SESSION 1. Street Mapping Party in and around Cape Town

OpenStreetMap will be running a ‘Mapping Party’ in the streets of Cape Town which involves walking / cycling / driving with a GPS and editing and uploading your tracks to the free, public www.openstreetmap.org This promises to be lots of fun and you will also be working towards something useful.

Date: Sunday 29 September
Meet at:
Start time:
Duration:
Contact:
!! Volunteers needed: to tell teachers about GPS, the street mapping project, and to help with the exercise.!!

Monday 29 September

SESSION 2 : Google Earth for Educators

How to use Google earth in the classroom and its application in geography, biology, history and anything that want to know where things are on our planet.

Date: Monday 29 September
Venue: Trafalgar High School, address, District Six
Start time: 9am
Start time: 2pm
Duration: 2 hours
Contact: Alize Botha - ABotha1@csir.co.za
!! Volunteers needed: experience with Google earth who can show teachers a practical hands-on of how they can use it!!!

Friday 3 October 2008 - morning

SESSION 3. Mapping and GIS Options

2 computer labs of 20 people + classrooms

Option 1. Map-aware where basic map skills are limited.

!!Volunteers needed: talk about basic mapping with examples!!

Option 2. Demos of internet examples for grades 10 - 12 for teachers who don't want to learn GIS but want to know where to find examples to use in the classroom.

!!Volunteers needed: people who know about web sites that will be useful to teachers and who have experience with what is happening elsewhere. this could be 2 different people sharing a session!!

Option 3. Hands-on exposure to GIS.

!!Voluneers needed: to give teachers an overview of GIS functionality. Software still to be decided in consultation with Department of Education!!

Option 4 Google Earth for educators

!! Volunteers needed: experience with Google earth who can show teachers a practical hands-on of how they can use it!!!

Date: Friday 3 October
Venue: Trafalgar High School, address, District Six
Start time: 9am
Start time: 2pm
Duration: 2-3 hours
Contact: Avis Smith - avis@discoverymail.co.za, Alize Botha - abotha1@csir.co.za

SESSION 4. Outdoor event to learn about GPS in the Rondevlei Nature Reserve

Practical use of GIS technology in nature that includes working with a GPS, marking and finding points, observing wetland bird and looking at data collected previously using GIS software. This is an opportunity to see what how GIS can be applied in real life. GPS will be provided but bring your own if you have.

Date: Friday 3 October
Venue: Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Fisherman’s Walk Road, Zeekoivlei
Start time: 9am
Start time: 13.00
Duration: 2.5 hours
Max Number: 20
Book with: Bronwen Foster

Environmental Education Officer

Tel.: 021 706 2404, Fax: 021 706 2405
Email: Bronwen.Foster@capetown.gov.za
Entrance Fee: R6.00 per adult
!!Volunteers welcome. to assist Bronwen with showing teachers how to use GPS and see RondeVlei Reserve.!!

Friday afternoon 3 October

Independent Schools of South Africa, Geography Teachers Conference

Workshop with demos and talks from international guest of how GIS is being used in other countries, also local input that will help teachers here teach GIS

Venue: Biships Boys School, Rondebosch, Cape Town
Time: 2 - 5pm
Contact : John Lanser - jlanser@bishops.org.za, Shawn Lezar - slezar007@yahoo.com, Alize Botha - abotha1@csir.co.za
24 PC's available

Suggested options

A hands-on-demo would be great. They have ArcView 3.3 on their computers. We should consider installing and showing something with an open source flavour. Exposure by an international delegate of what’s happening in education elsewhere in the world. Exposure to OS GIS software by means of distributing a CD.

Workshop for University of Cape Town students and staff

Geospatial lab in the Environmental & Geographical Science department @ UCT
16 PC's available / 30 Students
3rd , 4th year students, postgraduate and UCT staff will attend
Current software installed on computers: Manifold, may install other software
To confirm with Dr Kevin Winter at the Environmental and Geographical Sciences department
GIS delegates/volunteers to present workshop on Spatial data infrastructure development,web-based GIS, any other suggestions preferably OPEN SOURCE

other ideas

Still to consider – please give input and ideas

We would also like to organise the following:

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 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

Technical Visits

For final technical visit programme see FOSS4G2008_Workshops_and_Technical_Visits

These are just working notes below.

Monday morning

Option 1

Visit to the Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping
Monday 29th September 2008: 8h30-12h00
Conference delegates to gather 8h15 at the CTICC.
20 delegates and 1 volunteer

The tour will take the delegates through how the Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping operates.

The following areas will be covered:

Image Acquisition and Field Surveying
Trignet - permanent GPS base stations
Data Extraction and Manipulation
Geospatial Data Management
Cartographic Production

Friday morning

Option 1

Visit to the Institute for Satellite and Software Applications
Friday 3rd October 2008: 8h00-12h30
Conference delegates to gather 7h50 at the CTICC.
20 delegates and 1 volunteer

The tour will take the delegates through their facilities and explain their role in the South African space program.

Option 2

Visit to Delheim - Wine Estate GIS
Friday 3rd October 2008: 13h00-17h30
Conference delegates to gather 12h50 at the CTICC.
40 delegates and 1 volunteer

Francois Knight from Agri Informatic will present an interesting presentation on how GIS is used in the wine industry. This will be followed by a wine tasting and tour of the farm.

Other activities

student competition a la GeoWeb 2008?
school competition?

FOSS4G 2008 Activities

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