Transcript CountrySTAT
CountrySTAT
The Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL)
Basic Concepts
Regional Training on Statistical Methods and Information System
Technologies for implementing CountrySTAT in the ECO Region
Tehran, Iran 10 – 13 November 2014
Fabio Grita
System support officer, FAO
Objectives
To facilitate mapping and geospatial analysis of data
across countries by harmonizing boundaries and names of the
administrative units at global level
To provide the international community with the most
reliable and up-to-date data on international
boundaries and administrative units for all countries in
the world
To create an easily maintainable standard for
administrative units in order to geo-reference statistical,
forecast and real-time datasets
GAUL layers
KATA
KATA
(Locations)
NDOGO
TAARAFA
(Divisions)
WILAYA
(Districts)
How to use GAUL
GAUL helps to geographically represent
statistical information (e.g. crop production,
nutrition, population, etc.) at national and subYearly wheat production of districts
national levels
of Sylhet Province
GAUL districts of Sylhet Province
How to use GAUL
Wheat Production of Bangladesh
(Year 2007)
5822
Yearly wheat production
GAUL - disputed areas
GAUL is compliant with the
guidelines provided by the
United Nation Cartographic
Section (UNCS)
CHINA
PAKISTAN
INDIA
GAUL Approach
Data collection
(from various national and international sources)
Data evaluation
(using official documents and sources)
Data integration in GAUL
(selected data becomes an integral part of GAUL)
Distribution to authorized users:
New GAUL release
(UN agencies, Universities, Research
Centres, NGOs)
GAUL benefits from the contribution of its own users
GAUL Visualization
FENIX Mapping
GAUL Users
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Global Information and Early Warning System (EST)
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Natural Resources Service (NRC)
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FIGIS: Fisheries Global Information System
Statistics Division (ESS)
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AgroMaps: A global spatial database of agricultural land-use statistics aggregated by
sub-national administrative districts
Aquastat: FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture
Fishery Marine Resources Service (FIR)
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the South-East Asia poverty mapping project
Land and Water development division (NRL)
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Rainfall Tool
CountryStat
Information Technology Department (CIO)
GAUL Users
UN agencies
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World Food Programme (WFP)
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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UN Joint Logistic Centre (UNJLC)
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International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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Data Exchange Platform for the Horn of Africa (DEPHA) – UNDP
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Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI)
GAUL Users
other GAUL users
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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
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Joint Research Centre (JRC)
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Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET)
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NGOs: World Vision International, Save of Children
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Projects: Food Security and Analysis Unit (FSAU), Global Monitoring for Food
Security sponsored by the European Space Agency (GMFS)
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Universities: University of Rome “La Sapienza”, San Diego State University and
University of California, Aston University (UK), University of Carolina North
Carolina.
Why users are interested in GAUL?
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To have an authoritative source for boundaries and
names
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To display reliable boundaries/names in their
applications
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To rely on a solid geo-coding system for spatially
represent their data (e.g. productions, population, etc.)
Issues and Adopted Solutions
Political (and sometimes administrative) boundaries may be sensitive data
ISSUES
SOLUTIONS
Disputed areas
GAUL is compliant with guidelines
and boundaries published by the UN
Cartographic Section
Some of the GAUL boundaries might FAO-GAUL disclaimer visible from
not be validated by the national
any application or map
Government
Uncertainty on data policy for some
of the countries
GAUL data is not downloadable
from users’ applications (boundaries
can only be displayed)
Thank You for Your Attention
GLOBAL
ADMINISTRATIVE
UNIT
LAYERS