5.24 LAND CLEARED FOR CULTIVATION

Data ID

Description:

Land which has been cleared for cultivation

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

cleared_land

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

cleared

cultivation

cleared

Notes on data, analysis and

Areas cleared for cultivation were digitised off aerial photographs and satellite images taken since 1996 for various

compilation:

projects (Mendelsohn, J.M. & Roberts, C.S. 1997. An Environmental Profile and Atlas of Caprivi. Directorate of

Environmental Affairs, Windhoek, Namibia; Mendelsohn, J.M., el Obeid, S. and Roberts, C.S. 2000. A profile of

north-central Namibia. Gamsberg MacMillan, Windhoek) and this Atlas, as well as 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 mapping

projects by the Directorate of Surveys and Mapping.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

derived from orthophotos and satellite images - approx. 30m

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

RECNO

unique polygon ID

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Atlas of Namibia

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

5.24 LAND CLEARED FOR CULTIVATION - REGIONAL SUMMARY

Data ID

Description:

Summary of the total area of cleared land by region

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

cleared land per region

File type:

Excel file

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

land

cultivation

cleared

Notes on data, analysis and

Total areas (in km2) of cleared land by region, freehold land, communal land and country were summarised from the

compilation:

shapefile

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

N\A

Fields

Field name

Field description

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Atlas of Namibia

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted