| Title
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Land Use Systems of the World - Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Date
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2010-06-30T00:00:00 |
| Date type
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Revision: Date identifies when the resource was examined or re-examined and improved or
amended
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| Edition
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Version 1.1 |
| Presentation form
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Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
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| Abstract
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Version 1.1 of a thematic grid of Land Use Systems (LUS) and its attributes for Sub-Saharan Africa with a spatial resolution
of 5 arc minutes or 0.083333 decimal degrees. This dataset is developed in the framework of the LADA project (Land degradation
Assessment in Drylands) by the Land Tenure and Management Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations and is copyright of FAO/UNEP GEF. The LUS map implementation is based on a innovative methodology combining more
than 10 global datasets.
Due to the map generation method, the quality of the map can never be uniform. The overall quality of the map depends heavily
on the individual quality of the data for the different countries.
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| Purpose
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The map and its database are furnished as beta version to allow users to test its functionalities. The general purpose
of the map is to describe the Land Use Systems of the world.
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| Status
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On going: Data is continually being updated
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| Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
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| Descriptive keywords
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land use systems (theme). |
| Descriptive keywords
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South of Sahara (place). |
| Access constraints
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Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a
literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or
label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist,
distributor
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| Spatial representation type
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Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
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| Language
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English |
| Character set
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UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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| Topic category code
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Environment |
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| Supplemental Information
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The map shows the Land Use systems units on a raster with a resolution of 5 minutes, while its attributes table includes:
land use systems, ecosystems, crops, crop groups, irrigated areas, thermal climate, LGP, soils, terrain, slope, population
density and infant mortality rate.
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