[OSGeo Africa] Census Shape Files

[Chris Berens]

The non-alignment of public boundaries highlights the importance of
releasing EA based statistics so as to allow for accurate
re-districting.  I have not heard a coherent argument for withholding
data at that level.  It is a fairly simple task to split sub-place
polygons weighted by area but unlikely that each public entity will
take the trouble.

A bit like the annual SPOT purchase, massive SD infrastructure largely
ignored by service providers due to inaccessible data format.

On 3 December 2012 10:15, Chris <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za> wrote:
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>     The SG has had a couple of projects along these lines
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>     http://csg.dla.gov.za/05_15.htm
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>     http://csg.dla.gov.za/scanpmb.htm
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>     I have NO idea of the standards or format that these projects adhere to
>     , or if they are of any use to thos interested in the Census data ?
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>     Although I would think that they may be of some help in comparing land
>     parcels ?
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>     I would be interested to know if the spatial information pertaining to
>     these projects and their resultant data sets are available ? ( ie can
>     be downloaded or ordered standalone )
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>     CM
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> On 3 Dec 2012 at 9:24, Adi Eyal wrote:
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> > Perhaps a standardisation body exists?
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> > Adi
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