Education

Kartoza - My experience at the EMP Joint Global Training School 2024

I co-facilitated a geospatial data management session at the Energy Modelling Platform's 2024 training school, helping participants from emerging economies tackle energy access challenges.

Kartoza - Discovering GIS: Job Shadowing at Kartoza

Job shadowing at Kartoza provides students with a unique opportunity to gain insight into what GIS and a real-world IT business entail.

Kartoza Internship: Programming Sessions

Insights from mentoring three intern batches in GIS and programming, covering curriculum development and teaching approaches.

GIS in the Classroom - Exploring the SAGTA Map Downloader

The FOSS4G conference presentation on the SAGTA Map Downloader, a tool developed for geography educators in southern Africa.

How to Get GIS Going at Your School

An instructional guide for geography educators implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software in their curricula.

Kartoza Book Review: Discover QGIS 3.x - Second Edition

An essential guide for any new QGIS user, a fantastic syllabus for GIS educators, and valuable for professionals.

Workshop - Making Your Own Maps for Publication Using QGIS

Kartoza delivered an introductory workshop on QGIS and its application for creating publication-ready cartography at the SSAG conference.

Installing QGIS on a Chromebook

How St Johns College in Johannesburg successfully deployed QGIS on Chromebook devices for their geography department.

A Step Forward in Kartoza's QGIS and GeoNode Training

Learning online has become an essential part of education globally. Kartoza has answered the call for up-to-date, engaging and dynamic teaching material by updating our QGIS and GeoNode teaching platforms.

QGIS Road to Nerdvana Intern Edition

Kartoza interns showcase their geospatial mapping abilities using QGIS software in a web series featuring four team members.

School GIS Task: Create a 5km COVID-19 Lockdown Exercise Buffer Around Your House

An educational resource for students to digitize their home locations and apply GIS buffer techniques to visualize a 5-kilometer exercise radius during pandemic restrictions.

An Intern's Perspective on Her Working Experience at Kartoza During the Summer Vacation

Kartoza, a Free and Open Source GIS organization in South Africa, actively recruits talented students for internship and vacation work programs.

Kartoza - Introducing the First Tangible Landscape in Africa

As part of Kartoza's outreach efforts, the author assisted St Johns College in Johannesburg in establishing a Tangible Landscape system.

Report Back on the First QGIS User Conference in Nødebo, Denmark

A comprehensive overview of the inaugural QGIS User Conference and Developer Meeting held in Nødebo, Denmark.

QGIS Course at AfQUA

Kartoza has just wrapped up a three-day Introduction to QGIS course that we gave pro bono at The African Quaternary conference in Cape Town. The training accommodated participants with differing experience levels and customized content based on attendee needs.

MyCOE GCE TechCamp

The American Association of Geographers and U.S. State Department, working through EIS Africa, organized a youth technology camp in South Africa from July 13-23, 2014.

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