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Sunday, 16 November 2014 01:00

Mapping services

As part of its activities to promote the use of satellite data and related mapping techniques in improved natural resource management and sustainable development, OSFAC is available to provide technical assistance in GIS and remote sensing. 

Saturday, 15 November 2014 12:59

Annual Report

Annual report
 OSFAC is committed to producing high-quality research, including reports, working papers. Our publications are subject to peer review, and are held to traditional "academic" standards of excellence, such as objectivity and rigor. We also ensure that all of our publications are timely, fit for audience, and rooted in a strategic plan for achieving positive change in the Congo Basin.

Friday, 14 November 2014 09:36

Fixed Obligation Grant I

 In recent years, OSFAC has worked with its partners, the DRC Ministry of Forests and Environment, USAID-CARPE, NASA, University of Maryland (UMD) and South Dakota State University (SDSU) to provide data, tools and capacity for satellite based monitoring of the Congo Basin forests.

Friday, 14 November 2014 09:30

Training modules & pricing tables

Introduction to GIS

$500

per 3 days

  • History of digital mapping and GIS
  • Main areas of application of GIS
  • What is geographic information? (?)
  • Basic concepts of GIS components, ... (?)
  • Data GIS: Reality Modeling in GIS (?)
  • Representation of a layer in a GIS ... (?)
  • Major databases of market data, ... (?)
  • ...

Introduction to ArcView

$750

per 5 days

  • Introduction to GIS (?)
  • Introduction to ArcView 3
  • Management of vector data
  • Extensions of Arcview 3
  • Presentation of information / Layout
  • Tabular data management
  • Creating and editing vector data
  • -

ArcGIS Level I

$800

per 5 days

  • Overview of GIS
  • Basics of ArcGIS
  • Applications ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ... (?)
  • Working with Spatial Data
  • Data Presentation / Layout
  • Projection vector features
  • Creation and updating of vector features
  • Work with tabular data (descriptive attributes)

Remote Sensing Level I

$1,250

per 5 days

  • Introduction to Remote Sensing
  • Active and passive remote sensing
  • ERDAS / ENVI Menu Toolbar
  • Opening and viewing an image
  • Import generic formats of images
  • Combination of bands
  • Colored composition
  • Make a mosaic
  • ...

Introduction to GPS

$200

per 2 days

  • Introduction to GPS
  • Operation
  • Field applications
  • GPS coordinates recovery
  • ...

 

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