TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS

Data ID

Description:

Locations of over 600 towns and other settlements

Chapter:

Additional data

File name:

towns and settlements

File type:

ArcView shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

towns

villages

settlements

human

distribution

infrastructure

urban

built-up

Notes on data, analysis and

The towns map was created from a number of sources, including data from Geological Survey, Caprivi Profile, North

compilation:

Central profile. For every point, the source is listed in the attribute table of the shapefile.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

variable, some from GPS co-ordinates, others derived from paper or digital maps.

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

NAME	Place name

SOURCE

Source of the information

X_COORD

x co-ordinate

Y_COORD

y co-ordinate

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

See notes on data analysis and compilation