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Project Overview

1. INTRODUCTION
2. NATIONAL MAPPING AGENCIES CONTACT INFORMATION
3. MAPS
4. TECHNICAL SUPPORT


1. INTRODUCTION

UNGIWG encourages the institutions that need to answer a particular request to look first at the SALB web site to see if this information is available and provide feedback if they find information or data that could complete the SALB data set.


This page therefore contains the details of the information or data the SALB project is still looking for in order to complete or update the dataset.


We thank you in advance for any information or proposition of help that you could provide to us by sending an email to: SALB@un.org

 

2. NATIONAL MAPPING AGENCIES CONTACT INFORMATION

Here is the list of countries for which the SALB project has difficulties to enter in contact with the National Mapping Agency:


Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Monaco
Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Suriname
Tonga
Vanuatu


Please contact the SALB coordination team in case you would either be located in these countries or would be in contact with the NMA and ready to help us.

 

3. MAPS

 

Here is the list of countries for which we are still looking for a complete map delimiting the administrative units (number of units, when known is indicated in the right column):


Country Number of 2nd level units
that should appear on the map
(year of representativity of the map we are looking for)
Afghanistan 382 units (January 2000)
Algeria 1541 units (April 2007)
Angola 163 units (April 2010)
Armenia number of units unknown
Azerbaijan 85 units (April 2006)
Belarus 162 units (January 2000)
Bhutan 32 units (July 2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 73 units (January 2000)
Central African Republic 78 units (January 2000)
Chad 108 units (August 2002)
Comoros 14 units (July 2005)
Congo 93 units (April 2009)
Croatia 556 units (October 2008)
Cuba 169 units (September 2009)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea number of units unknown
Djibouti 18 units (January 2003)
Dominican Republic 115 units (January 2000)
Ecuador 217 units (October 2007)
Egypt 232 units (January 2000)
Ethiopia 81 units (January 2000)
Fiji 15 units (February 2010)
Georgia 83 units (January 2000)
Iceland 125 units (January 2000)
Indonesia 440 units (October 2004)
Iraq 103 units (October 2006)
Israel 15 units (April 2009)
Italy 103 units (January 2000)
Japan number of units unknown
Jordan 51 units (September 2006)
Kenya 71 units (January 2005)
Kuwait number of units unknown
Latvia 551 units (August 2000)
Lebanon 26 units (July 2002)
Lesotho number of units unknown
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya number of units unknown
Mauritius 131 units (April 2005)
Micronesia, Federated States of 76 units (November 2003)
Montenegro number of units unknown
Morocco 71 units (July 2003)
Myanmar number of units unknown
New Zealand 74 units (July 1990)
Oman 59 units (June 2003)
Pakistan number of units unknown
Papua New Guinea 87 units (April 2009)
Paraguay 228 units (January 2000)
Qatar 90 units (January 2004)
Republic of Moldova number of units unknown
Romania 3002 units (December 2003)
Russian Federation number of units unknown
Saudi Arabia 116 units (October 2004)
Senegal 34 units (February 2005)
Serbia 174 units (June 2010)
Seychelles 26 units (July 2007)
Slovakia 79 units (December 2006)
Slovenia 5992 units (January 2000)
Sudan 117 units (January 2000)
Syrian Arab Republic 60 units (September 2006)
Thailand 926 units (January 2000)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1710 units (January 2000)
Tonga number of units unknown
Tunisia 263 units (January 2000)
Tuvalu number of units unknown
Uganda 168 units (June 2005)
United Arab Emirates number of units unknown
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 230 units (July 2007)
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 335 units (March 2000)
Yemen 320 units (January 2000)

 

Thanks for sharing with us any paper map or shape file that could be used in the context of SALB.


In order to enter the frame of our project, we would may be need to do the following modification on the map you would be able to provide to us:

  • digitizing of the boundaries in case of a paper or jpeg map,
  • modification of the limits of some administrative boundaries in case they would not be representative of January 2000 in a first stage and then of any historic changes that would have occurred before or after 2000,
  • fitting the administrative boundaries into the international borders standard provided by the United Nations,
  • modification of the attribute table that will contain the administrative units names and the project specific coding scheme

Once this editing work done, the final GIS file will be sent to the National Mapping Agency for validation before being put online on the SALB web site for free non commercial download with proper acknowledgement and copyright of the source data.

 

4. TECHNICAL SUPPORT

 

We are always looking for GIS technicians who would be ready to volunteer some editing work following the protocol that has been prepared in the context of the SALB project. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are available.

 
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