[OSGeo Africa] Custodian of provincial shapefiles

[Adrian Frith]

My understanding is yes, from a strictly legal perspective, the printed
pages in GN1998/2005[1] and GN1490/2008[2] define the boundaries of our
provinces. In practise I think everyone accepts that the shapefiles the MDB
publishes are definitive for municipal boundaries and therefore for
provincial boundaries as well.

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notice_1998_of_2005.djvu
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notice_1490_of_2008.djvu

On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 16:40 Adi Eyal <adi at openup.org.za> wrote:

> 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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>
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> Adi Eyal
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