<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Same observation.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div style="color:rgb(33, 33, 67);"><div><div><font face="comic sans ms" size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:rgb(91, 91, 91);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dr Maïlys Chauvin<br></span></span></span></span><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:rgb(91, 91, 91);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Géographe<br>LAM (Les Afriques dans le Monde)<br>UMR 5115 CNRS,<br>Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France.<br>Mob. : 00 33 6 98 96 30 59</span></span></span></span><br></font></font></div></div></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div
style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> "smwansasu@ira.udsm.ac.tz" <smwansasu@ira.udsm.ac.tz><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> Tanzania GIS Users Group Discussion <tzgisug@lists.habari.co.tz> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc :</span></b> "tzgisug@mail.habari.co.tz" <tzgisug@mail.habari.co.tz> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Jeudi 13 juin 2013 8h33<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [TZGISUG] Village/Wards-Tanzania<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Dear All<br><br>The issue is, how good is the data?<br><br>There are some strange looking straight lines that I very much doubt to be<br>actual village boundaries. We did generate GIS layers for Geita
District<br>and the village boundaries are based on maps produced by Survey and<br>Mapping Division when the villages were surveyed (2002). I will compare<br>that part and come back with some comments<br><br>Simon Mwansasu<br>Institute of Resource Assessment<br>University of Dar es Salaam.<br><br><br>> Dear All,<br>><br>> The link below is for the 2002 Census data and boundaries, please note<br>> that the EA's and Villages link both download the Villages data (73Mb<br>> zipped).<br>><br>> >>Here is the link where you can get what you want<br>> <a href="http://openmicrodata.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/tanzania-shapefiles-for-eas-villages-districts-and-regions/" target="_blank">http://openmicrodata.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/tanzania-shapefiles-for-eas-villages-districts-and-regions/</a><br>><br>> I have been in contact with the NBS recently and will be visiting them<br>> in early July, they are currently 'cleaning'
the database so *the 2012<br>> GIS shapefiles have not yet been released*. I will inform the TZGISUG<br>> after my visit if I have any news on the public release of the 2012 data<br>> and boundaries.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> Mike<br>> _______________________________________<br>> TZGISUG mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:TZGISUG@lists.habari.co.tz" href="mailto:TZGISUG@lists.habari.co.tz">TZGISUG@lists.habari.co.tz</a><br>> List Info: <a href="http://mail.habari.co.tz/mailman/listinfo/tzgisug" target="_blank">http://mail.habari.co.tz/mailman/listinfo/tzgisug</a><br>> Web Site: <a href="http://www.tzgisug.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tzgisug.org</a><br>> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tzgisug" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tzgisug</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________<br>TZGISUG mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:TZGISUG@lists.habari.co.tz"
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