5.12 LAND ALLOCATIONS IN 1955

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Allocation of land into freehold, communal or government in 1955

 

Chapter:

5 Land and History

 

File name:

Land allocations in 1955

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

land

 

 

allocation

 

 

1955

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Boundaries as depicted in the map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1955 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 (or the same as) the original boundaries defined at this time.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

Good - as accurate as the present day farm shapefile (see Fig 5.32)

 

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, 1955

 

Contact:

National Archives

 

Online/Offline Address:

Ministry of Basic Education, Sports and Culture.

 

 

National Archives

 

 

Eugene Marais Str

 

 

P/Bag 13250

 

 

Windhoek

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

5.12 LAND ALLOCATIONS IN 1955 - POLICE LINE

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Location of police line in 1955

 

Chapter:

5 Land and History

 

File name:

Police line in 1955

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

police line

 

 

1955

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Boundaries as depicted in the map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1955 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 (or the same as) 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, 1955

 

Contact:

National Archives

 

Online/Offline Address:

Ministry of Basic Education, Sports and Culture.

 

 

National Archives

 

 

Eugene Marais Str

 

 

P/Bag 13250

 

 

Windhoek

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted