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Digital elevation model
(400&200m)
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400mx400m in most areas and 200m x 200m in urban and mountainous areas.
Absolute height accuracy +10 m.
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Chief Directorate: Surveys & Mapping
Private Bag X10, Mowbray 7705
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http://w3sli.wcape.gov.za/surveys/mapping/mapdgtl.htm#Digital elevation model
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Digital elevation model
(50m)
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50x50m grid.
Absolute height accuracy +2.5m.
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Chief Directorate: Surveys & Mapping
Private Bag X10, Mowbray 7705
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http://w3sli.wcape.gov.za/surveys/mapping/mapdgtl.htm#Digital elevation model
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Digital Terrain Model of Earth
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90x90m grid.
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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http://srtm.usgs.gov/
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Digital Terrain Model of South Africa
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20x20m grid.
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ComputaMaps, Private Bag X20
Constantia 7848
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http://www.computamaps.com
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Digital elevation models and spatial resolution
(by Steve Lynch)
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Discussion of the use of digital elevation models at different scales in South Africa
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South African Journal of Science, Volume 98 No. 5/6 May/June 2002
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http://www.nrf.ac.za/sajs/abmay02e.stm
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1:500 000 rivers
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Rivers of South Africa for use at a scale of 1:500 000, with rivers from
cross-border catchments from other sources
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Resource Quality Services
(DWAF)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/gis_data/river/rivs500k.html
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1:50 000 rivers
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Rivers of South Africa from the 1:50 000 topographical map series
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Spatial & Land Information Management
(DWAF)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/bi/ (follow Metadata link)
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Drainage region boundaries
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Drainage regions of South Africa with estimated cross-border catchments and
modelled runoff
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Resource Quality Services
(DWAF)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/gis_data/river/rivs500k.html (follow hca_4 link)
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1:500 000 dams
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Dams of South Africa at a scale of 1:500 000 with attribute data
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Resource Quality Services
(DWAF)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/gis_data/river/rivs500k.html (follow dams link)
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1:250 000 dams
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Dams of South Africa at a scale of 1:250 000 with attribute data
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Spatial & Land Information Management
(DWAF)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/bi/ (follow Metadata link)
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1:50 000 dams
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Dams of South Africa at a scale of 1:50 000 with attribute data
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Spatial & Land Information Management
(DWAF)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/bi/ (Almost complete at July 2005)
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National Land Cover 2000 (NLC 2000)
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Land cover for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland derived from satellite images
and field verification, for use at a scale of 1:50 000
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(CSIR and
ARC)
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http://www.csir.co.za/environmentek/nlc2000
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Land cover for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
(mainly 1994-1995)
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Land cover for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
derived from satellite images
and field verification, for use at a scale of 1:250 000
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(CSIR and
ARC)
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http://www.csir.co.za/plsql/ptl0002/PTL0002_PGE015_PRODUCT?PRODUCT_NO=1600858
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1:2 500 000 soils data
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Soil data for South Africa from the
WR90 project
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Original data set published by the Water Research Commission
(WRC)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/bi/ (follow Metadata link)
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1:250 000 and 1:50 000 soils data
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Soil an land type data for South Africa
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A G I S - Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System
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http://www.agis.agric.za/agisweb/agis.html (follow Natural Resource Atlas link)
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Precipitation data
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Precipitation data for South Africa from the
WR90 project
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Original data set published by the Water Research Commission
(WRC)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/bi/ (follow Metadata link)
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Precipitation data
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Precipitation data for South Africa from the
ENPAT project
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Original data set published by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
(DEAT)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/bi/ (follow Metadata link)
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Flow data
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Hydrology archives
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Hydrology
(DWAF)
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http://www.dwaf.gov.za/hydrology/ (follow Access data link)
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Water quality data
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Water management system (WMS)
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Resource Quality Services
(DWAF)
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Order by E-mail (
MaricaE@dwaf.gov.za) or purchase a CD-ROM
(
http://dbn.csir.co.za/water/wqcd/wqcd_over.html)
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Climate data
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Latest weather data from the South African Weather Service
site
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Order specific climate records from the
(South African Weather Service)
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http://www.weathersa.co.za/ or order specific climate records from
(info2@weathersa.co.za)
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Satellite images
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Data warehouse for satellite images of South Africa
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Satellite Applications Centre
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http://www.csir.co.za/plsql/ptl0002/PTL0002_PGE100_LOOSE_CONTENT?LOOSE_PAGE_NO=7139636
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NSIF
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Data warehouse for South African GIS coverages
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National Spatial Information Framework
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http://www.nsif.org.za/
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