FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System
The Food and Agriculture
Organization for the United Nations and its 190 members highlight
information as one of the priority areas in fighting hunger and
achieving food security. The FAO Country Profiles and Mapping
Information System is a pioneering information retrieval tool which
groups the organization's vast archive of information on its global
activities in agriculture and development in a single area and
catalogues it exclusively by country.
Regional and South African Online Maps
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AGIS Comprehensive Atlas:
This atlas combines agricultural, orientation &
demographic information as well as scanned maps & satellite images
including the first SPOT 5 high resolution data of South Africa.
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ArcHydro-
Sources of GIS data and information in
southern Africa - sponsored by the Dept of Water and Forestry of South
Africa
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National Spatial Information Framework (NSIF)
- national initiative to co-ordinate the development of infrastructure
needed to support the utilization of spatial information in decision
making . This building of a "Spatial Data Infrastructure" (abbreviated
as SDI) as it is termed in similar endeavors all over the world,
includes policies, institutional arrangements, developing human
resources and standards for geographic information.
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SAHIMS -
The Southern African Human-development Information Management Network
for Coordinated Humanitarian & Development Action
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SAHIMS GIS Library -
SAHIMS
GIS Data server offers easily accessible standardized data provided by
various United Nations, non-governmental organizations and government
agencies. Datasets in this catalogue are downloadable without any
charge. It can be viewed and manipulated by using most popular GIS
software. Metadata is attached to help the user have a better
understanding of data sources, applications and copyright.
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Human Development Atlas -
The ATLAS consists of ready to
use maps, images, and charts provided by SAHIMS Network partners that
wish to share their information. It includes: Vulnerability maps,
administrative boundaries maps, disaster preparedness planning maps,
contingency planning maps, etc. This platform is freely accessible to
all humanitarian and disaster information management projects in
southern Africa.
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