[OSGeo Africa] Custodian of provincial shapefiles

[Basson, FC]

Not quite. There ia a download page with available shapefiles.
http://www.demarcation.org.za/site/shapefiles/





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From: Adi Eyal <adi at openup.org.za>
Date: 2018/10/04 16:41 (GMT+02:00)
To: Adrian Frith <adrian at adrianfrith.com>
Cc: Africa local chapter discussions <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] Custodian of provincial shapefiles

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<mailto: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<mailto:adi at openup.org.za>> wrote:
Hi All

Who is the official custodian of the provincial boundary data?

Regards
Adi

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