[OSGeo Africa] Reference maps of Zambia

[Charles Rethman]

I can't vouch for their accuracy but I use two data sets for much of my work and they suffice if you don't zoom in too far (down to district level).

1. Open Street Map which you can download at WeoGeo for free;

2. And GADM (download from GADM.org for free) at the University of California, Davis, which gives most of the worlds admin boundaries by country. Version 2 is a big improve on version 1.

None of these sources areas good as the official government releases, of course.

Best regards, 
Charles

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> On 12 May 2015, at 11:18 AM, Antony Cooper <ACooper at csir.co.za> wrote:
> 
> Dear Aslam
> 
> If you want authoritative data, the obvious would be to contact your peers at the relevant Zambian mapping authorities.
> 
> An alternative would be the Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB) data base that Steeve Ebener of WHO set up for UNGIWG, to which Zambia did contribute.  However, it might be defunct as its URL is not working: http://www.unsalb.org/
> 
> You could try the email address: salb at un.org 
> 
> Otherwise, try whatever contacts you have within UNGIWG.  Steeve himself left WHO quite a while ago.
> 
> Regards
> Antony
> 
>>>> On 2015.05.12 at 10:07, in message
> <2DE4B8AA057E64468F2C2A4DAC90078D157FF205 at MBX37.GMS.local>, Aslam Parker
> <Aslam.Parker at drdlr.gov.za> wrote:
>> Hi all
>> 
>> Where can one obtain authoritative National, provincial and district 
>> boundary information of Zambia as well as other topographic information such 
>> as roads etc ? Is it also available free of charge as in South Africa
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Aslam Parker | Director: Geo-spatial Information and Professional Support
>> |Chief Directorate: National Geo-spatial Information 
>> www.ngi.gov.za<http://www.ngi.gov.za/>| Cape Town|
>> Tel +27 21 658 4302| Fax +27 86 211 7919| Mobile 082 331 8501| 
>> aslam.parker at drdlr.gov.za<mailto:aslam.parker at drdlr.gov.za>
> 
> 
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