Source:

United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Soil and Terrain Database for Northeastern Africa: Crop Production System Zones of the IGAD Subregion. [CD-ROM]. FAO Land and Water Digital Media Series #02. 1998.

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Description:

Part of a global project to inventory soils. This CD-ROM contains reports, databases and digital maps for northeastern Africa (covering Burundi, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda). A digital coverage is available for each country individually, as well as a coverage containing all ten countries for the whole area (Soil and Terrain Data Map of East Africa = SEA).

The map scale is 1:1,000,000.

Projection = Geographic (decimal degrees).

Map file formats: ArcInfo export format (.e00).

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Metadata:

There are a number of metadata document files available on the CD-ROM, including:

1) Readme.1st document, which shows the directory structure and contents of the CD-ROM.

2) The Digital Soil and Terrain Database of East Africa (SEA): Notes on the Arc/Info Files. (/export/notes.doc), which explains the attributes in the geospatial boundary files.

A paper copy of all of these documents is available in the Map Collection.

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Attribute Fields in These Data Files:

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Demo Location:

An ArcView project is available as a demo of this data, on the ArcView workstation in the Map Collection.

H:/data demos/FAO/NE Africa/demo.apr

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How to Obtain These Files:

1) The CD-ROM is available for loan to McMaster researchers and students, with valid ID.

2) Request the CD-ROM from the Map Collection in Mills Library Room 110.

The call number for the CD-ROM is UN9 FA5 98S02.

Contact: mapref@mcmaster.ca
Last Reviewed: March 29, 2005
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