[OSGeo Africa] Custodian of provincial shapefiles

[Mervin Naik]

Yes sir.


Mervin Naik 
Chief GIS Professional 
Geospatial Information Services Directorate
Department of Cooperate Governance and Traditional Affairs
Contact no.: 082 806 4083
-------- Original message --------From: Adi Eyal <adi at openup.org.za>
Date: 2018/10/04  21:40  (GMT+07:00) To: Adrian Frith
<adrian at adrianfrith.com>, 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>
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?
RegardsAdi

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