[TZGISUG] Update: Second QGIS workshop in Arusha

[Howard Frederick]

This is an update to our previous announcement on the science skills
workshops <http://www.tzcrc.org> for later this month and early December.

We will be running a *second QGIS course,* which will be a 5-day
introduction to mapping with QGIS plus an introduction to GIS *analysis*,
from the 9-13 December. The course will cost $375 (with food +
accommodation at Mkuru training camp $20-40 per day).

If you are interested in any of these courses, see the announcement below
including the link to the online registration page. If you have
*already*registered and would like to take this new QGIS option, email
workshops at tzcrc.org to change your registration!

There are more scholarship positions available - write to
workshops at tzcrc.org if you have questions or would like to apply!

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The Conservation Resource Centre <http://tzcrc.org/> will be putting on a
series of science skills workshops before and after the TAWIRI Scientific
Conference<http://www.tawiri.or.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=25>
 inlate November & early December 2013. CRC courses are designed to give
you immediately-useful skills that you can walk away feeling confident with!

Courses include:

   - Introduction to mapping with QGIS: a free and open-source application,
   QGIS is an excellent way to produce maps and analyse data. Three day
   course, 28-30 Nov.
   - *Introduction to mapping and analysis with QGIS: five days, 9-13
   December*
   - Distance Sampling: a survey method increasingly widely used in wildlife
   studies, 25-30 Nov:
      - Introduction (3 days, suitable for field researchers who wish to
      collect data);
      - Analysis & survey design (3 days, suitable for those who wish to
      analyse and design surveys).
   - Introduction to statistics with R: another free, open-source
   application, R is the statistics package which has become the choice of
   many (if not most) academics and researchers. 5 day course, 9-13
   December.
   - Spatial analysis with R: for those with R skills, this 2-day course
   introduces students to analytical methods in R for mapping and spatial
   analysis.

Courses cost $75 per day but some limited scholarship positions are
available. The CRC is supported mainly by its members and the local
community, and in part by the Reid Park Zoo (Tucson, AZ).
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