Free Maps to Improve Map Use Skills

Mapaware mapPacks
 
In support of the MapAware initiative, the Chief Directorate: National Geo-Spatial Information supplies five free maps to schools (GET and FET levels). To qualify for this donation schools must teach Geography as part of the GET - Human and Social Sciences and/or offer Geography as one of the optional subjects for FET. The aim is to put maps on the walls of every South African classroom where map use in geography must be taught. The MapPack contains the following maps and other useful mapping information: The maps are dispatched free of charge to each qualifying school that responds to the offer and completes the details below. Only 1 MapPack may be supplied per school.

We need to find the right maps for your school and we want to establish a mailing list to inform you of what else we are doing to support education and promote map literacy. Please give both addresses. If your school does not have a street address please describe where your school is. Fill in the application form below, which must be stamped and signed by the school principal or senior geography teacher, and post it:

To: mapaware mapPacks
Rural Development & Land Reform: National Geo–spatial Information
Private Bag X10
Mowbray 7705

or fax it to the Division Manager at (021) 6891351
If you have any queries, please call us on (021) 658 4339/(021) 6584340/(021) 6584338
or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: ngi.dalrrd.gov.za
Please click here to complete the MapPack Application form.

Technical Training in Surveying/Cartography/Geomatics

Experiential Training

• NGI has state of the art training facilities and equipment for students undertaking experiential training at Universities of Technology in the Surveying stream. The programme runs over one calendar year and fully meets PLATO requirements for registration as a Survey technician.

Pupil Geomatics Course

• We offer a structured Geomatics Officer course that consist of on the job training and an academic component. NGI is in the process of accrediting this course with SAQA.

Read more: Technical Training in Surveying/Cartography/Geomatics

Map Literacy and GIS in schools training

MAPAWARE & MAPPACKS
 
National Geo-Spatial Information runs the MapAware Programme to promote spatial awareness and map use. This is done by offering workshops to build capacity in various aspects of map literacy and the application of spatial information for land management and education.
 
Apart from the map literacy training (MapAware) we provide to the General Education Training (GET) and Further Education Training (FET) bands, we also promote grassroots spatial advocacy. The MapAware workshops are meant to capacitate High School teachers and curriculum facilitators so that map use and the interpretative skills in schools can be better applied.

Spatial literacy training at the grassroots level capacitates local communities to actively and meaningfully participate at Integrated Development Planning fora. This training helps build local knowledge, throws more light on rural and urban potential socio-economic opportunities for the youth, women and the economically marginalized to know and appreciate better the dynamics of functioning local economies. In a nutshell, the grassroots training in spatial literacy promotes rural development, facilitates land Reform and supports agrarian economy.
 
We also offer map training to other government departments, state institutions, and parastatals as they rely significantly on the use of geo-spatial information in their day to day operations.

The MapPacks project on the other hand aims to put local maps on the walls of every GET and FET school where Geography is taught in South Africa. Each MapPack contains five maps selected specifically to highlight the local area of the school. The local orthophoto map shows a photographic image of the school and surroundings at a scale of 1:10000. The 1:50 000 topographic map shows a larger surrounding area at 1 cm to 500 m. The 1:250 000 topo-cadastral map shows the local area bounded by one degree of latitude and two degrees of longitude. A map of the local province and one of South Africa are also included.
 
All five maps help learners gain a better understanding of the places where they live. The first two maps are very useful for planning, managing, monitoring and reporting on projects for Social Science and Geography. Maps are invaluable aids when teaching in the local environment, about the local environment, and for the sake of the local environment. MapPack is supplied by NGI free to all GET and FET schools where Geography is taught. This includes schools offering Social Science at GET level and Geography at FET level. For MapAware Training bookings and MapPack Application form, please contact:
 
Division Manager: Client Relations and Marketing
National Geo-Spatial Information
Private Bag X 10, Mowbray, 7705
Tel: 0216584340; Cell: 0829694512; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or please click here to complete the MapPack Application form.
 
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Scientific Advisory Services

Advisory Services

• We offer a public advisory service on Geomatics related matters. Eg, questions relating to datums and projections, image formats. Our response time is typical

Research and Development

• In order for NGI to remain the foremost supplier of geo-spatial information in South Africa, NGI undertakes research in various fields of Geomatics. The research is guided by its research agenda which addresses the strategic goals of NGI.

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