We don't routinely provide shapefiles but you can download data for any species and create your own shapefile.
To do this, follow these steps:
- In the main menu, go to View results and then to the option you want: a species, an area such as a National Park, or 'My results' for your own records.
- At the bottom of the grid there is a "Download this report" link. This will download a CSV file of records for the species which you can use in conjunction with GIS software to create a shapefile. Spatial values in the file are in the column called Grid Ref. Each one is either a QDS (quarter degree square), Pentad (5x5 km) or Monad (1x1 km) grid reference or latitude-longitude coordinates, as indicated in the Grid ref system column. The spatial resolution that is provided for each record reflects both the resolution that was entered by the observer and the level of 'blur' that was specified due to the sensitivity of the record. Click on the hyperlinks here to obtain QDS, Pentad and Monad shapefiles. Download and unzip the grid file. Then you can do a spatial join of the CSV file to the shapefile in any GIS programme.
For other requests, contact the Atlasing in Namibia team with any specific requests giving as much information as possible about the data requested.
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