Project Overview :

The Dakini project established the first cross border (UK/France) geo-spatial web server for schools.

It provides high quality map based data for the trans channel area (Kent, East Sussex, Nord Pas de Calais, Seine Maritime and Somme) via a bi-lingual website accessible to all secondary schools (11-16 years).

Lesson plans and training materials were produced in support of the GIS software and data which were dispatched to the school.

Training sessions were performed in Kent and North France' schools to ensure that the maximum potential of the new ICT technology is realised.

GIS Technician / GIS Trainer and Support Promoted the Dakini Project on various international Fairs : • Geo-evenement in Paris 2005 - Winner of a Géo d' Or Prize • Festival International de Géographie de St Dié des Vosges 2005 • BETT Show, London 2005, and 2006 • Kent ITC fair 2005, Geography Association Fair 2004 Responsabilities : • Trained teachers in Kent / East Sussex in the use of GIS • Development of training materials and data • Collation and management of all map and imagery data for the project• Coordinated the development and evolution of GIS webserver • Digital Worlds GIS software beta testing and software localisation	Screenshot of Digital Worlds GIS software
Software : Imagine, VirtualGIS, ArcGIS9 (ArcView, ArcToolbox, Arcatalog, ArcGlobe), DigitalWorlds GIS
• Virtual Tours creation The Virtual Tours are intended to act as virtual field trips allowing pupils to visit sites of cultural, historical and geographical importance around their region in Kent and the North of France. The original virtual tours material are available to download for free from the dakini website (need Quicktime player to view the 360° scenes).	View a scene in 360 degree... [need Quicktime]

List of the variety of data I had to prepare, and look after :
- environment shapefiles (Environment Agency, IGN BDTopo), Satellite data (SPOT, Landsat),
- aerial photography (GetMapping, IGN BDortho) ;
- large and small scale maps (OS raster 50 000 scale, IGN Scan25, Scan 50, Scan 100,Scan250 maps),
- historic maps (IGN 1833, Landmark dataset 4 editions 1850s to 1940s);
- administrative boundaries with census, social and economic data; historic maps; satellite images;
- environment data;
- hIllshaded elevation data ( IGN BDalti, SRTM).