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Remote Sensing: Sunday, June 25, 2006

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Sunday, June 25, 2006. All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http:/ www.uwc.ac.za/portal/uwc2006/content/mail disclaimer/index.htm. I received this email from our Director of ICS Prof. Derek Keats on the 06/20/06 07:50AM so I thought you should all review the article referred to. Please note that I plagiarized this word for word.thought it might be of interest. BBC, 18 June 2006. Http:/ news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk news/education/5093286.stm. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.

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Geoinformatics: Mar 10, 2007

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Saturday, March 10, 2007. During the past two-weeks I have been teaching my post-graduates about geographical position, latitude and longitude, degrees, minutes, seconds, and decimal degrees. It might seem very easy to seasoned geo-informatics practioners, but students were finding it a little difficult. The problem surfaced when I expected the students to make different sized boundary boxes around a central point to insert some of our OGC web maps. Longitude 18 37 36.1. Latitude -33 55 53.4. I have not ...

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Geoinformatics: About Geo-informatics

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Monday, February 19, 2007. Our principle aims are to harness the latest technology with an emphasis on Open Source technologies to develop and host web-enabled Spatial Technology Applications and provide training in both the development and use of such applications. The core to this technology is Web Map Services (WMS) which utilise Geographical Information Systems (G.I.S.) and spatially-enabled databases. The offering of a practical MSc level course in Geo-Informatics using an e-Learning environment.

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Geoinformatics: Feb 16, 2007

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Friday, February 16, 2007. Meraka Bursaries Applications Close 15 March 2007. YES you can start your CAREER PATH with an entrance into the Honours programme in Eco-Informatics at the University of the Western Cape. If successful in the first year you can exit with an Honours or go onto a MSc in Geo-Informatics (a further 6 months coursework plus a 6 month mini-thesis). R60 000 per annum bursaries are available! What do I need to have? Good reading, writing and numeracy skills;. How do I apply? Or on the ...

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Geoinformatics: Alphabet for Success

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Monday, February 19, 2007. Ccountable, accommodating, accurate, ambitious, analytical, applied, aware. O-operative, communicative, concerned, creative, critical thinking. Ebate, dependable, diverse. Air, frank, free-thinking? Etting it done, giving,. Ard working, honest. Ndependent, informative, innovative, integrative, integrity,. Ateral thinking, logical. Articipatory, precise, prepared, positive, professional, punctual. Elf motivated, sensitive, skilled, strategic, sympathetic. Links to this post:.

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Geoinformatics: Calling all Eco-freaks, IT Geeks and Space Cadets: big-time bursary opportunity beckons

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Calling all Eco-freaks, IT Geeks and Space Cadets: big-time bursary opportunity beckons. If you think the answer is not 42, or are an eco-greenie, a cool blue, IT guy or a wild orange traveller, this could be the opportunity to fast-track your career with an MSc degree in Geo-informatics. Travel the super-highway with your silicon chips: study mode. The green stuff: the bucks. And be prepared for a full-time commitment to studying in a participatory environment. We will ...

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Scientific Methods: Sunday, March 12, 2006

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Sunday, March 12, 2006. PILTDOWN HOAX: COUNTING THE COSTS TO SCIENCE. The fossil remains of early humans are exceptionally rare. Scientists trying to reconstruct the evolutionary history of our species often have to draw long, dotted lines between a few key fossils. Http:/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3264025.stm. Http:/ http:/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3264143.stm. Co-ordinator: National Information Society Learnerships - Ecological Informatics. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.