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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Downloadable | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | No | |
| In an open and machine-readable format | DBF, GML, GeoJSON, KML, SHP, SHX | |
| Digital data | No | |
| Print data | No | |
| location | https://www.masdap.mw/layers/geonode%3Amwi_adm0 - This vector layer provides international boundary for Malawi. This data was produced by the Malawi Surveys department., https://www.masdap.mw/layers/geonode%3Amalawi_district_b - District Boundary data provided by Department of Surveys, Lilongwe | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Review of initial submission and | |
| characteristics | Scale of 1:250.000, National borders, Administrative boundaries (level 2), Coordinates of administrative boundaries | |
| Controlled access | Yes | |
| Collector name | Malawi Surveys department, Malawi Spatial Data Platform | |
| licence_url | https://www.masdap.mw/layers/geonode%3Amalawi_district_b |