Survey on Development of Supporting Structures and Capacity for Producing and Using Spatial Data in Africa

 

  1. Name and contact details of respondent:

    2. Charles Ogeisia Mong’Are

    P O Box 57797

    Nairobi

    Tel: (02) 21 9931

    E-mail: PolyGis@net2000ke.com

  2. What is the name of the programme or project in which you are involved?

    3. Kenya polytechnic

  3. What are the overall aims of the programme / project?

    4. Train middle manpower in a range of disciplines amongst which land survey, remote sensing and GIS are well articulated.

  4. What is the geographical area within which the programme operates?

    5. Nairobi

  5. Duration of the programme:

    6. Infinitum

    1. When was the programme initiated?

      2. Late 1960 with amendments in 1998

       

    2. When is the programme scheduled to finish?

    Infinitum

  6. Who are the major role-players1 in spatial data production, distribution and maintenance, as well as the major users, within this geographical area? (Note: please do not limit the answer to digital spatial data only)

    7. Ministries of Lands, Works, semi-government institutions and some private companies. Trainies are drawn from these diverse users, from all over the country.

  7. How is spatial data distributed? (Please do not limit your answer to digital spatial data only)

    8. Data is acquired from various bodies for analysis and project write-up by students using knowledge acquired from staff, eg. GIS

  8. Co-ordination mechanisms and support:
    1. Is there currently any formal or informal co-ordination of publicly funded programmes involving spatial information? NO
    2. If YES, please describe briefly

     

     

  9. Please indicate whether the programme on which you are reporting is involved in any of the following:
    1. The collection of metadata 2 YES
    2. Making metadata readily available to (potential) spatial data users YES
    3. The development of spatial data standards 3 YES
    4. The creation of basic data sets (i.e. base sets of data that could be used by a broad variety of users, for example, the road network) YES
    5. If the answer to 9.4 is YES, please list these data sets

      6. Topographical maps, GPS data for ranches, various attributes of Nairobi etc.

    6. Developing a legal framework for accessing and distributing spatial data NO
    7. Developing pricing policy for spatial data NO
  10. Liaison:
    1. Is there any formal affiliation of the programme / project with any global or (other) regional spatial data infrastructure initiatives? NO
    2. Is there informal networking with other initiatives? NO
    3. If the answer to either 10.1 or 10.2 is YES, please list these initiatives.
  11. What, if any, are the particular challenges facing the development of NSDI / RSDI development within the region?

    12. N/a

  12. Any other information or comments ?
    13.
  13. If there are there any sources of additional information (e.g. web-sites or brochures) , please list these or indicate how the information might be obtained.

None

 

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN COMPLETING THIS QUESTIONNAIRE!

 

Please forward the completed questionnaire to the Interim Task Team for SDI Africa, by e-mail, facsimile or post. The contact details for the ITT are as follows:

 

The Interim Task Team for SDI Africa

C/o Directorate: National Spatial Information Framework

Private Bag X954

Pretoria

0001

South Africa

 

E-mail: nsif@csg.pwv.gov.za

Phone: +27 12 322 5400

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