[SDI-Africa] Map Africa 2006 - Call for Papers

[Harsha Vardhan]

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that GIS Development is organising 'Map
<http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net/>  Africa 2006' - The Annual
International Conference and Exhibition on Geographical Information
Technology and Applications from   20 November-22 November 2006 at Sandton
Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. 

 

We are also glad in bringing to your notice that Space Application Centre
(CSIR), South Africa and Department of Land Affairs, South Africa are our
Principal Sponsors .Also Human Sciences Research Council(HSRC) and Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC) are the Co-Sponsors for this convention.

 

Map Africa 2006 is has the theme centred on "Building Geospatial Capacity
and Infrastructure in Africa". 

 

We also have four Sub Themes for this conference that are identified to have
significance to African region in particular.

 





*	Cadastral Surveying 

*	Spatial Data Infrastructure 


*	Natural Resource Management 

*	Infrastructure Development




 

We would also want to bring to your kind notice that the following topics
will be under discussion at the Plenary Sessions as a part of this
conference.





*	Building Geo-Spatial Capacity and Infrastructure in Africa 

*	Natural Resource Management 


*	Geo-spatial Infrastructure Development 

*	Cadastral Surveying


*	Spatial Data Infrastructure

 




 

For the Technical Sessions, the following areas are under focus.





*	Environmental Planning & management 

*	Biodiversity Mapping 


*	Agriculture & Forestry 

*	Oil and Gas 


*	Census 

*	Transportation 


*	GIS for Mineral Exploration 

*	Medical GIS 


*	Water resources 

*	Training and Education


*	Navigation & GPS Mapping 

 





Keeping In view your active role, contribution, relevance and interest in
the field of Geo-Spatial Technology, we would like you to Participate in Map
Africa 2006 and also request you to Present a Paper for the conference.

 

You can submit your Abstracts on the Map Africa 2006 websites 'Submit
<http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net/2006/conference/abstract.htm>  Abstract
Link' or you can mail your abstracts to papers.mapafrica at gisdevelopment.net.

For information on Registration, please visit the 'Conference
<http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net/2006/conference/registration.htm>
Registration Page' on the Map Africa 2006 website. For further details you
can also check out the conference web site
http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net <http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net/>
. 

 

You can also contact us at the following email address:

 


*         For Exhibition and general enquires contact Prashant Joshi
<mailto:exhibit.mapafrica at gisdevelopment.net> 


*         For Registration enquires contact Sumit Kumar
<mailto:reg.mapafrica at gisdevelopment.net> 


*         For Paper/poster related information contact Harsha Vardhan
<mailto:papers.mapafrica at gisdevelopment.net> 

 

 

We would greatly appreciative and ask for your participation in Map
<http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net/>  Africa 2006 and look forward to your
support and cooperation to make the event a success.

 

Thanking you and best regards,

 

Harsha Vardhan

GIS Development Pvt. Ltd.

 

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