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WhereCampAfrica Announced

Feb 19, 2009 Event

WhereCampAfrica, a “free unconference for geographers, mobile location experts and social cartographers”, the first event of its kind in Africa will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on April 4th.

Potential topics, which all have enormous potential impact for Africa, include:

  • Mobile location
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geoinformatics
  • Mapping and Agriculture
  • Food Security and Location
  • Community Mapping
  • Local Search
  • social cartography
  • Crisis Mapping

The good folks behind projects like Ushahidi and AgCommons will be there so it should definitely be worth attending.