2.03 ALTITUDINAL PROFILES - LATITUDES

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Altitude changes across the country from west to east at every degree of latitude

 

Chapter:

2 Physical geography

 

File name:

Altitudinal Profiles latitudes

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

altitude

 

 

profiles

 

 

latitude

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Created from a 30 second grid DTM. Each of the 11 profiles were created by adjusting the projected latitude

 

compilation:

co-ordinates of each DTM point by a factor of height. The resulting 11 point profiles were converted to polygon

 

 

shapefiles and converted to geographic projection. Note, this shapefile was created for illustrative purposes.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

The latitude each profile depicts is precise. The degree of exaggeration used to depict relief was arbitrary and meant

 

 

entirely for illustrative purposes

 

Vector/Raster:

Vector

 

Spatial reference

 

Projection:

Geographic

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

LATITUDE

Degree of latitude, from 18 to 28 south

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

DTM originally obtained from Johan van Rensburg, Geo Business Solutions

 

Contact:

Johan van Rensburg

 

Online/Offline Address:

Geo Business Solutions, Windhoek.

 

 

E-mail: javr@iafrica.com.na

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

2.03 ALTITUDINAL PROFILES - FEATURES

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Altitude changes across the country from west to east at 7 latitudinal locations

 

Chapter:

2 Physical geography

 

File name:

Altitudinal Profiles features

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

altitude

 

 

profiles

 

 

features

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Created from a 30 second grid DTM. Each of the 7 profiles were created by adjusting the projected latitude

 

compilation:

co-ordinates of each DTM point by a factor of height. The resulting 7 point profiles were converted to polygon

 

 

shapefiles and converted to geographic projection. Note, this shapefile was created for illustrative purposes.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

The latitude each profile depicts is precise. The degree of exaggeration used to depict relief was arbitrary and meant

 

 

entirely for illustrative purposes

 

Vector/Raster:

Vector

 

Spatial reference

 

Projection:

Geographic

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

NAME

Name of feature which the profile depicts e.g. Brandberg,

 

 

Brukkaros

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

DTM originally obtained from Johan van Rensburg, Geo Business Solutions

 

Contact:

Johan van Rensburg

 

Online/Offline Address:

Geo Business Solutions, Windhoek.

 

 

E-mail: javr@iafrica.com.na

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted