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A geographical map of the country including national traffic routes, stretches of water, markings of heights, and administrative zones. The map must at least be provided at a scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km). Geographic information is instrumental for many use cases, including the mapping of unemployment statistics or demographics, as well as journey planning.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| In an open and machine-readable format | ||
| Collected by government | No | There is reference to a project that plans to develop a GIS with the basic geographic information, however I could not find any evidence that any of the data has been collected or produced. [https://www.agrer.com/en/content/support-implementation-information-system-rural-development-and-land-planning-sidrat] A project implemented by UNOSTAT, Système d'information des ressources en eau du Tchad, has a map with administrative boundaries, water stretches, infrastructure and elevation, but these are not national official data, but collected through various external databases. [https://geoportal.reseau-tchad.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/catalog-126] |
| characteristics | ||
| Collected by private-org | No | |
| Collected by sub-government | No |