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 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.

Other activities

• student competition a la GeoWeb 2008?
• school competition?