[OSGeo Africa] Custodian of provincial shapefiles

[Adi Eyal]

So, are we relying on printed pages in the gazettes to define the
boundaries of our municipalities, districts and provinces? Are the
shapefiles on the MDB website the definitive source?

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 3:57 PM Adrian Frith <adrian at adrianfrith.com> wrote:

> Hi Adi,
>
> The constitution (Schedule 1A) defines the provinces by reference to maps
> of the district and metro municipalities, which were published in the Gov
> Gazette by the Municipal Demarcation Board. So the closest thing to an
> official custodian would be the MDB and its shapefile of district
> municipalities at
> http://www.demarcation.org.za/site/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-Boundaries-District.zip from
> which you can assemble the provinces.
>
> Cheers,
> Adrian
>
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 14:18 Adi Eyal <adi at openup.org.za> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Who is the official custodian of the provincial boundary data?
>>
>> Regards
>> Adi
>>
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