Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. The September 2007 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n9.pdf
- Tunisian Association for Digital Geographic Information (TADGI)
- Launch of the Interactive Forestry Atlas of Cameroon (version 2.0)
- Sierra Leone - valuation of properties for local assessment & taxation purposes (Makeni City Council)
- Nakuru (Kenya) free community environmental knowledge-sharing centre
- Tanzania - Strengthening a Livelihoods-Based Food Security and Nutrition Information System
- Multi-hazard risk assessment for disaster risk reduction and financing in Madagascar
- ECA and WHO commission studies to launch Africa Health Infoway (AHI)
- Reports from United Nations Geographic Information Working Group Coordination Meeting
- Call for abstracts - AGU2007- “Including Land use and Land Cover Change in Earth System Models”
- 9th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, 21-30 August 2007
- 11th Southern Africa Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-11), 13-14 September 2007, Maseru, Lesotho
- 1st International Symposium GEOTUNIS2007, 15-17 November 2007, Tunis, Tunisia
- Map Africa 2007, 29-30 October 2007, Cape Town, South Africa (abstract deadline 15 September)
- 10th International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure, 25-29 February 2008 (abstract deadline 15 September)
- Call for proposals to use Italian Space Agency COSMO-SkyMed products
- Two courses in “GIS and remote sensing applications” – part of SADC/EU Land and Water Management Applied Research and Training Programme, Manzini, Swaziland
- Formation de CIRAD: Systèmes d'information géographique pour le développement local, 7-28 Novembre 2007 (3 semaines), Dakar, Sénégal
- OOSTethys - ocean-science community using OGC standards to advance ocean-observing systems
- African presence in Second Life’s virtual 3D space
- Congolese pygmies use GPS to save trees
- Yiaku People prepare to map the Mukogodo forest, Kenya
- Integrating GIS in planning and implementation of malaria control indoor residual spraying in Zambia
- British Ecological Society (BES) Building Capacity for Ecology Fund (deadline 15 October)
- TWAS Fellowships for Research and Advanced Training (deadline 1 October)
- Consultancy - Mapping Ugandan Wetlands from Satellite Images (deadline 2 October)
- Mapping governance - cross-country comparisons for 2006

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities, provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association website at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp. Regional newsletters for Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are available. Please pass on this information to others who may be interested, and if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association News List at http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp.

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