5.10 LAND ALLOCATIONS IN 1921 |
Data ID |
Description: | Allocation of land into freehold, communal or government in 1921 |
Chapter: | 5 Land and History |
File name: | Land allocations in 1921 |
File type: | ArcView shapefile |
Geographical area: | Namibia |
Keywords: | land |
| allocation |
| 1921 |
Notes on data, analysis and | Boundaries as depicted in the map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1921 were recreated by |
compilation: | merging, editing and deleting farm polygons from the present day farm shapefile (see Fig 5.32). This approach worked |
| well as most present day farms are subdivisions of the original boundaries defined at this time. |
Data quality and organisation |
Positional Accuracy: | 1:100 000 scale; 50 - 250 m positional accuracy |
Vector/Raster: | Vector |
Spatial reference |
Projection: | Geographic |
Fields |
Field name | Field description |
LANDUSE | Type of allocation: farmland, government, communal |
NAME | Name of tribal area |
Source/Distribution |
Data Source: | Map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1921 |
Contact: | Jeremy Silvester |
Online/Offline Address: | History Department, UNAM |
Distribution notes: | Unrestricted |