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GIEWS Update-detail FAO INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL GIS MAPPING Call for contributions to digital Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) The Sustainable Development Department (SDRN) and the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) of the FAO have launched the Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) initiative aimed at developing standard Geographic Information System maps for the boundaries of administrative units. The initiative - complementary to other UN projects pursuing similar objectives - intends to compile and maintain spatial coverage representing the first and the second administrative units at global level. The “first administrative level” refers to the first administrative subdivision of a country (e.g. province) and the “second administrative level” (e.g. district) to the first administrative subdivision of the first level. A mechanism has been developed to keep track of changes in the boundaries over time and to maintain a consistent coding system throughout the layers. GAUL will replace the administrative layers currently available in the GIEWS Workstation and it is expected to be widely used for future mapping projects. The best available data sources have been used to compile the first version of GAUL; however, the second administrative level boundaries for some countries are not available (the list of these countries is provided in the table below). All contributions to complete the second administrative unit level and/or improve on the current quality and reliability of the data will be greatly appreciated. Maps (preferably in digital form), links, contact persons or other useful information can help this process. Please forward queries, information or data to: Fabio Grita, Coordinator "GIEWS Workstation", GCP/INT/952/EC ESCG, FAO Tel: +39-06-57054262 Email: fabio.grita@fao.org and/or Michela Marinelli, GIS Specialist SDRN, FAO Tel: +39-06-57053496 Email: michela.marinelli@fao.org 1 Albania          34 Maldives 2 Algeria          35 Liechtenstein 3 Andorra          36 Malaysia 4 Austria          37 Malta 5 Bahrain          38 Moldova, Republic of 6 Belarus          39 Mongolia 7 Belize          40 Netherlands 8 Botswana          41 New Zealand 9 Brunei Darussalam          42 Papua New Guinea 10 Burkina Faso          43 Poland 11 Canada          44 Puerto Rico 12 Croatia          45 Qatar 13 Cyprus          46 Republic of Korea 14 Czech Republic          47 Romania 15 Dem People's Rep of Korea          48 Russian Federation 16 Dominican Republic          49 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17 Egypt          50 Saint Lucia 18 Equatorial Guinea          51 Saudi Arabia 19 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)          52 Singapore 20 Greenland          53 Slovakia 21 Hungary          54 Sudan 22 Iceland          55 Swaziland 23 Iraq          56 Switzerland 24 Ireland          57 Tajikistan 25 Israel          58 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 26 Jamaica          59 Trinidad and Tobago 27 Japan          60 Tunisia 28 Jordan          61 Turkmenistan 29 Kazakhstan          62 Ukraine 30 Kuwait          63 United Arab Emirates 31 Latvia          64 Uzbekistan 32 Liberia          65 Western Sahara 33 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya          66 Yemen back to top