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SAHIMS Secretariat
Tel: +27 517 1568
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Geographic information is important for managing and planning emergency preparedness and response, as well as any other challenges facing societies in southern Africa. SAHIMS GIS Data server offers easily accessible standardised data provided by various United Nations, non-governmental organisations and government agencies. Datasets in this catalogue are downloadable without any charge. It can be viewed and manipulated by using most popular GIS software. Metadata is attached to help the user have a better understanding of data sources, applications and copyright.
Madagascar  
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

 GIS & Database for Risk
Mapping - Madagascar
SAHIMS in collaboration with UNDP facilitated GIS training in Madagascar in the first quarter of 2005. Madagascar's National Emergency Council (CNS) prepared various baseline datasets for this event and these datasets can now freely be downloaded from SAHIMS.

 For more information email:
simon.cnsmira@netclub.mg

   Show all Madagascar Data

Date  Map_Title  Map_Source  Map_Type  Map Size 
5/24/2006   Madagascar towns   CNS   ZIP-SHP File   68 Kb  
5/24/2006   Madagascar rivers   CNS   ZIP-SHP File   652 Kb  
5/24/2006   Madagascar towns   CNS   ZIP-SHP File   68 Kb  
5/24/2006   Madagascar cities   CNS   ZIP-SHP File   1.22 Kb  
5/24/2006   Madagascar roads   CNS   ZIP-SHP File   552 Kb  
7/23/2004   Madagascar Administrative boundaries – level 3   WFP/VAM Unit   ZIP-SHP File   173 KB  
7/23/2004   Madagascar Administrative boundaries – level 2   WFP/VAM Unit   ZIP-SHP File   143 KB  
7/23/2004   Madagascar Administrative boundaries – level 1   WFP/VAM Unit   ZIP-SHP File   92.6 KB  

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Useful Links
Website of the Geological Survey of Zambia
Southern Africa Web Fire Mapping, including MODIS imagery, live data streaming (Department of Geography, University of Maryland)
Key document from UNECA: The future orientation of Geographic Information Systems in Africa
Africa Data Dissemination Service (good source of baseline and physical GIS data)
The SAFARI 2000 (S2K) An international science initiative to study the linkages between land & atmosphere processes in the southern African region. The website provides interesting data sets for southern Africa.
LandScan 2003 Data comprises of a worldwide population database compiled on a 30" X 30" latitude/
longitude grid. Census counts (at sub-national level) were apportioned to each grid cell based on likelihood co-efficients, which are based on proximity to roads, slope, land cover, nighttime lights, and other information. LandScan has been developed as part
of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Global Population Project for estimating ambient populations at risk.
HazardMaps Global The Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative (MMI) of the US FEMA.

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