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GIS Help Desk
1.METADATA required for all datasets
To catalogue correctly your data we need the following information
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Projection used and its parameters (ex: the zone for the UTM projection):
Example : Universal Transverse Mercator. Clark 1880 Spheroid UTM Zone 36
- Scale/Resolution : original scale of data or resolution
Examples: (scale of the map from which data has been digitized);
(size of a pixel = 1 km2)
- Data processing
Example : map digitized in Burundi, clipped out for catchment area
- Source and date of the data
Example : Survey and mapping Division, Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development. Tanzania Survey 1972
- Copyrights :This refers to the limitation in the use of the data defined by the creator of the data. For further details ask your data manager.
Example : Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1978
- It can be LTBP (Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project) if the data has been created by the project
participants
- If necessary, please provide a file detailing
the description of the data
a list of the column headers and explanation of the headers
the description of any codes used in the data and their meanings.
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