Africangeogeek, spatial geekery in Africa

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Well, this is kind of a request to the guys over at Google. Why aren’t Google Geo Tools well supported on Linux? I find this to be a PIA , especially now? Google continue making Google Earth better and better support for KML but problem is Google [...]

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Well, Kenya is positioning itself to be one of the worlds major ICT hubs in Africa. The ministry of Information and communication are busy trying to get Kenyans to create content. Well this being a spatialists blog we also need to look at geo-content. Well does Kenya publish alot of geo-content. To my surprise, Kenya [...]

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Well, i am currently working on a project called Drumnet. Drumnet is a platform that seeks to provide farmers with an ecosystem where their input marketing is synchronized by their out put marketing. Kenya is dependent on Agriculture. To provide farmers with the necessary tools to make informed decisions is very important.
The software has a [...]

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Well, Google did take us through google map maker, and i though wow, the tool is very nice. I were to work for google as a geo-officer, i would be happier since work has been made easier. I recently say a facebook status update by a geo friend of mine, (Jubal , this is you), [...]

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Google recently held the Google Earth Outreach Programme Trainers of Trainers programme at the ILRI campus. The programme is very helpful. I found it fast and takes one to the basics. So for a techie like me, i had done a couple of their assignments in no time. Well i did learn some useful stuff. [...]

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