METADATA FOR FRAMEWORK DATA SETS

 

Framework Data Sets

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Metadata

1. Cadastral Boundaries (Urban & Rural – 1: 50 000) Chief Surveyor General

Cadastre: Surveyor General Bloemfontein

Cadastre: Surveyor General Cape Town

Cadastre: Surveyor General Pietermaritzburg

Cadastre: Surveyor General Pretoria

2. Land Cover (1:250 000) CSIR Environment

National Land Cover Database: 1: 250 000

3. Hydrographic
  • Perennial Rivers (1: 50 000)
  • Non-Perennial Rivers (1: 50 000)
  • Dams (1: 50 000)
  • Catchment Areas (primary / secondary & tertiary)
  • Lagoons
  • Lakes
  • Lakes/Vlei
  • Canals
  • Perrenial Pans
  • Non-Perrenial Pans
  • Dam Areas
  • Dam Walls
Surveys and Mapping

1:50 000 Digital Topography

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

Catchment Areas

4. Service and Utility
  • Roads (1: 50 000)
  • Powerlines (1: 50 000)
  • Railways (1: 50 000)
  • Pipelines (1: 50 000)
  • Airports/Airfields
  • Post offices
  • Schools
  • Hospitals
  • Clinics
  • Police Stations
Surveys and Mapping

1:50 000 Digital Topography

Human Sciences Research Council

Police Station Boundaries

5. Elevation
  • Elevation (maximum resolution DEM available over any area)
Surveys and Mapping

South African National Digital Elevation Model

6. Administrative Boundaries

  • International
  • Provincial
  • Magisterial Districts
  • Local Authorities (Catagories A, B & C)
  • Enumerator Areas
  • Voting Districts
  • Electoral Wards
  • Tribal authorities
  • Village Boundaries
Chief Surveyor General

Municipal Demarcation Board

Statistics SA

IEC

Public Land Inventory

Digitised Enumerator Area (EA) Boundaries for Census96

Digitised Enumerator Area (EA) Boundaries for Census91

7. Digital Orthophoto Images  (1:10 000) Surveys and Mapping

Digital Orthophoto Images

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