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 |
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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. |
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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 |