After a very positive feedback that followed the first reunion of the regional monitoring committee of the OSFACO project in February 2017 in Gabon, it was decided not to wait for a full year to meet again. The second reunion of the monitoring committee was held on Tuesday, the 24th Continue reading
Wednesday 11 October, CNES, IGN FI and the Ethiopian Mapping Agency (EMA) signed a cooperation agreement in Addis Ababa to provide EMA with updates for the land cover layer of its 1:50,000 topographic maps. Under the agreement, CNES will supply cloud-free Sentinel-2 images corrected for atmospheric effects, while IGN FI will be responsible Continue reading
In September 2014, the IGN FI/ IGN France/ Geomark international Consortium was awarded a contract for supervising the implementation of the Cadastral and Real Property Information System launched by the Ethiopian Ministry of urban development, and housing (MUDHo). The design of the future system has been developed by INSA, the Continue reading
The PAPDFGC, a project to support the preservation and development of gallery forests and production of the digital base map, was set up in 2013 with help from the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD). The 15,500 aerial photos covering the whole country that were taken Continue reading
In 2014, the international consortium IGN FI/ IGN France/ Geomark was contracted to supervise and assist technically the Ethiopian Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in the development and implementation of a registration system for an urban legal cadastre (CRPRS Cadastre and Real Property Registration System). This 2 year contract Continue reading
The consortium headed up by IGN FI was awarded Lot 2 of the Global Land High Resolution Hot Spot Monitoring European project. The objective of this project, related to changes in land cover around Africa, was to create and implement high resolution surveillance of specific areas of environmental interest that Continue reading
At the occasion of the geomatic days that took place in Libreville (Gabon) in February 2017, AGEOS, the Gabonese Agency for studies and earth observation, and IGN FI signed a framework cooperation agreement. Created in 2010, AGEOS mission is to contribute to the data collection and analysis in the perspective Continue reading
The OSFACO project (Satellite remote sensing of forests in Western and Central Africa) started in April 2016 for 3 years, and aims to improve the knowledge of past and current dynamics of land use / land cover in 8 countries in Western and Central Africa (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, Cameroon, Continue reading
The Lira Ministry Zonal Office (MZO) was officially inaugurated on the 2nd of February 2017 in the presence of H.E Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda and Hon. Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Betty Amongi. More than 5,000 people attended the event. Lira MZO Continue reading
Sorry, this entry is only available in French. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Organisées pour la troisième année consécutive, les Journées de la Géomatique se sont tenues à Libreville (Gabon) du 8 Continue reading
