[OSGeo Africa] Recent main place or sub-place spatial data for SA

[Helene Verhoef]

Hi,
The MP and SP layers were updated and released with 2011 census data in
2013.
It will be updated again later this year to adjust to the new municipal
boundaries.
The 2011 census data will also be aligned to the new boundaries (SuperCross
product).
There is also a small area layer (almost EA level) as an output product ie
spatial and census data.
Please contact me to arrange for download of spatial files.
For the SuperCross products please contact info at statssa.gov.za
Kind regards
Helene Verhoef

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Calle Hedberg <chedberg at telkomsa.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Disease surveillance, and in particular the Malaria program, has for many
> years used a set of "localities" (villages, suburbs, etc) to determine the
> origin or residence of e.g. malaria cases.
>
> That level of detail/granularity is similar to the so called "sub-place"
> layer released by StatsSA in 2003 - containing around 21,500 local areas
> (although a number of them are sparsely populated areas with no name).
>
> We  are now revamping and consolidating the system for disease
> surveillance, which require a spatial data set with similar granularity but
> preferably newer than 2001/2003. I already have the ward layers for 2011
> and 2016 - using wards is too coarse for our purposes, and most patients
> would not easily use wards as a reference to where they live.
>
> 1.
> StatsSA said 2-3 years ago that they had updated the so called "main
> place" layer, but I cannot find any download links on their website.
> Anybody knows where to get that layer?
>
> 2.
> There was no mention in that news item of the "sub-place" layer - anybody
> knows if a new (well, probably based on Census 2011) sub-place layer is
> available anywhere?
>
> 3.
> Another option would be to build a clustered Enumeration Area layer - is
> the Census 2011 EA layer available from anywhere?
>
> 4.
> Final question: the list of postal codes from SAPO is at the same level of
> granularity as the sub-place layer. I know SAPO never developed or at least
> released spatial data for their postal areas - have anybody else attempted
> to do that work for them?
>
> Best regards
> Calle Hedberg
> Cape Town
>
>
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