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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Morning everyone,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Chief Directorate: Integrated Spatial Planning in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) of the Dept. of Rural Development & Land Reform undertook a Rural Settlements
and Urban Edges Project in 2014/ 2015. The resultant dataset can be requested from them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The project also resulted in a seminal postulation of a Settlement Typology that is adapted to KZN by Prof Mike Kahn. In my opinion, the report is well
worth reading to follow the arguments that led to the formulation of this typology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I suspect that other provinces have completed similar studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mike Caister<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Africa [mailto:africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Aslam Parker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 February 2017 22:32<br>
<b>To:</b> Africa local chapter discussions <africa@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo Africa] Town Layer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thanks, the allotment areas are most often not the "town"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:31 PM +0200, "Basson, FC" <<a href="mailto:FCBasson@elsenburg.com" target="_blank">FCBasson@elsenburg.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Hi Aslam<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>The SG has a town layer called Allotment Township in their database.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Regards<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>FC<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>From: Aslam Parker <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Date: 01/02/2017 22:11 (GMT+02:00)<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>To: Africa local chapter discussions <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Subject: [OSGeo Africa] Town Layer<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>HI All<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>I have received a request from for a “ town” layer, a spatial unit larger than a “suburb”, outlining the outside of towns. Can anyone advise please.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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