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Title: South Africa Built-up Areas (polygons), 2007

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 2007

Summary

South Africa Built-up Areas (polygon) is a polygon theme representing built-up areas in South Africa. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organizations worldwide.

Subjects

  • Society
  • South Africa
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (17.983343, 32.47633, -22.322956, -34.543564)
  • Geometry: BBOX (17.983343, 32.47633, -22.322956, -34.543564)

Provider

Columbia

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM), Department of Land Affairs. South Africa Built-up Areas (polygons), 2007. Polygon data. https://geodata.library.columbia.edu/catalog/sde-columbia-iscgm_southafrica_2007_builtupa

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English