United Nations Cartographic Section UN Geographic Information Working Group The SALB project Prepared to the 8 th PCGIAP Brunei Darussalam, April 2002 by Steeve Ebener Presented by Vladimir Bessarabov Second Administrative Level Boundaries data set

“To improve the availability of digital administrative boundaries at the second sub national level or better through improved data exchange and co-ordination among UN agencies, national mapping and statistics agencies, and other producers of such data” FrameWork Data - Administrative boundaries SALB UNGIWG Task Groups

FrameWork Data - Administrative boundaries UNGIWG Task Groups Steeve Ebener World Health Organisation Task Managers Non-UN Advisor Uwe Deichmann The World Bank Greg Yetman CIESIN

Principal characteristics of the final data set: 1) freely redistributable 2) representative of the 1 st of January ) specific coding scheme 4) specific International Borders Principal characteristics of the final data set: 1) freely redistributable 2) representative of the 1 st of January ) specific coding scheme 4) specific International Borders UNGIWG Task Groups Second Administrative Level Boundaries data set SALB

UNGIWG Task Groups SALB Administrative Unit Names - January Roman alphabet spelling - Correspondence btw level Digital map - Public domain - January 2000 (if possible)

UNGIWG Task Groups SALB Edition Process Validation

UNGIWG Task Groups SALB PCGIAP

SALB Public Domain Digital Maps (January 2000) 2 admin level Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Fiji French Polynesia Kazakhstan Korea, Democratic Republic of Korea, Republic of Turkmenistan 1 admin level Guam, Maldives, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands

UNGIWG Task Groups SALB Unit Names Table (January 2000) e Administrative Unit Names - January Roman alphabet spelling - Correspondence btw level Name of a contact person

UNGIWG Task Groups SALB Validation e VALIDATED