Spatial Data Infrastructure - Africa Newsletter

- Installation of global positioning system (GPS) permanent network stations in Angola

- A Standardized Approach for Uniquely Identifying a Health Facility

- Open Data Consortium proposes geodata portal transaction requirements

- Evaluating African protected areas

- Analysis of nationwide educational facilities in Kenya

- Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises

- Data Transfer, Communication and Training Workshop, 8-11 May 2007, Juba, Sudan.

- Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Base Station Installation and Data Processing Training Course, 30 July - 10 August 2007, Nairobi, Kenya.

- GeoEye Foundation - to award IKONOS satellite imagery from archives

- Seed Funding - Wetlands International Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project (deadline 15 June 2007)

- International vacancies (Offres d'emploi internationales) at Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS), Ile-Ife, Nigeria

- Associate Expert - Geographic Information System Specialist, Bulawayo , Zimbabwe (deadline 10 May 2007)

- New publication: African E-Markets: Information and Economic Development.

Spatial Data Infrastructure - Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. Published since May 2002, the newsletter aims to raise awareness and provide useful information to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support synchronization of regional activities. Each month, the newsletter highlights recent activities, provides information about available data and tools, and includes notices about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and events.