[OSGeo Africa] Fwd: Shapefiles of African Settlements and conservation areas

[Tim Sutton]

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Hi

Aslam also as far as I know Tracks for Africa created an Africa
Protected areas dataset, though I don't know if it is publicly
available or not. Gavin can probably give more info.

Regards

Tim

On 16/07/2014 15:03, Chris Berens wrote:
> Aslam there's: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
> available at: www.protectedplanet.net although there are some
> recent SA PAs currently not represented. and for LULC you could try
> SAGE who also have a global 5' grid of built up areas and a 1995
> pop estimate. But first prize must be to use OpenStreetMap.  You
> can download their street level roads and buffer to create urban
> polygons.  They are a bit thin on Protected areas but perhaps that
> is just waiting to happen. Looking forward to your Africa map :-) 
> Best wishes, Chris
> 
> On 16 July 2014 13:05, Aslam Parker
> <AParker at ruraldevelopment.gov.za> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> We are updating our National Map and Southern African map which
>> includes information on neighboring countries
>> 
>> Where can we get shapefiles of: 1. National Parks and
>> conservation areas of Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe
>> 
>> 2. Towns/Cities/ Settlements relevant at the 1: 2 000 000 scale.
>> Although I have a points later, we need the settlement/city /town
>> polygon layer so that areas of significant size can be shown as
>> areas and not as points. An indication of population would also
>> be useful for appropriate cartographic representation.
>> 
>> Your advice is always appreciated.
>> 
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