Getting Started with Africa Geoportal
Hosted by Opeyemi Kazeem-Jimoh · Guest: Pauline Okeyo
As a young African geospatial professional, you can get access to a wide range of ESRI tools including ArcGIS Online, Story Map, Survey 123, and many more, as well as powerful datasets from various partner organizations including Africa’s very own data cube – Digital Earth Africa - absolutely free of charge forever (no strings attached)
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As a young African geospatial professional, you can get access to a wide range of ESRI tools including ArcGIS Online, Story Map, Survey 123, and many more, as well as powerful datasets from various partner organizations including Africa’s very own data cube – Digital Earth Africa - absolutely free of charge forever (no strings attached)
Well, if you didn’t already know that, this episode introduces you to the Africa Geoportal powered by ESRI. In this episode, Opeyemi sits down with Pauline Okeyo, the Solution Engineer at ESRI Africa who supports the Africa Geoportal project. She takes us behind the scenes of this initiative.
Questions answered include:
· How to get on board (A simple sign-up)
· Some details on tools and resources available (Tools, Datasets, Training)
· What inspired this initiative by ESRI
· What do we mean by free forever
· About credits
· Current user statistics
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