5.11 LAND ALLOCATIONS IN 1937

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Allocation of land into freehold, communal or government in 1937

 

Chapter:

5 Land and History

 

File name:

Land allocations in 1937

 

File type:

ArcView shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

land

 

 

allocation

 

 

1937

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Boundaries as depicted in the map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1937 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, 1937

 

Contact:

Jeremy Silvester

 

Online/Offline Address:

History Department, UNAM

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

5.11 LAND ALLOCATIONS IN 1937 - POLICE LINE

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Location of police line in 1937

 

Chapter:

5 Land and History

 

File name:

Police line in 1937

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

police line

 

 

1937

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Line as depicted in the map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1937 were recreated by merging,

 

compilation:

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

 

ID

Polyline ID

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1937

 

Contact:

Jeremy Silvester

 

Online/Offline Address:

History Department, UNAM

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted