Librarians from Science, Built Environment, African Studies and Special Collections provide an overview of map collections and potential geospatial data for GIS or map research.

1. Geo Lunch Workshop
20 February 2014
UCT Libraries

2. Order of speakers
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Introduction – Linda Kelly
Government Publications – Laureen Rushby
Special Collections - Busi Khangala
Built Environment Library - Elena Bartzen
Referencing maps & data - Linda Kelly
Wrap up – Linda Kelly

3. Objectives
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Intended as introduction
Support cartographic research
Library map collections
Find cartographic resources
Reference cartographic resources
– maps & data

4. Government sources of maps and GIS
Laureen Rushby
Government Publications, UCT Libraries
20 February 2014

5. Government sources of maps and GIS
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Print maps
Atlases
Maps in publications
Maps & GIS on-line

6. Print maps
Produced by
• Surveys & Mapping/National Geo-Spatial
Information,
• Geological Survey/Council for Geoscience
• and government departments and entities.

7. Types of print maps
• Administrative
1:10 000 000 - 1:300 000 (varies and often scale not
given) 1990s onwards
In library catalogue
• Geological
1:125 000 1960s onwards
Mostly in library catalogue
• Hydrogeological
1:500 000 1998 onwards
In library catalogue

8. • Topo-cadastral
1:250 000 1997 & 1998
In library catalogue
• Topographical
1:50 000
1930s onwards
Not in library catalogue; filed in grid number order
• Others, e.g. groundwater, vegetation, electoral and
ward maps.
In library catalogue

9. Atlases, e.g.,
• Schulze, R. E. Atlas of climate change and the South African agricultural
sector : a 2010 perspective
• Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa. Atlas of results, 2009 :
national election
• Goss, H. Sustainable human settlements : investment potential
atlas, 2009 CD-ROM
• Statistics South Africa. Census 2011 : digital census atlas
In Library catalogue

10. Books with maps, e.g.,
• Council for Geoscience. Geology of Transvaal
inliers in the Bushveld Complex
In Library catalogue
See descriptions in catalogue records, e.g.,
vii, 222 p., [19] leaves (folded) : ill. ; 30 cm. + 3 folded
maps.

11. Maps in publications
• Maps in annual reports, e.g. Official
yearbook, South African Railways & Harbours
annual reports.
Find by browsing; a few digitised.

12. Maps in publications
• Maps in Government gazettes, e.g., A4 street
map: KimberIy CBD urban development zone
In: SA Govt. gazette no. 27077 (10 Dec. 2004)
• Maps in books, e.g., Place names in South
Africa referring to weather conditions In:
Alcock, P. G. Rainbows in the mist
In Library catalogue
See descriptions in catalogue records, e.g.,
xiv, 581 p. : ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.

13. On-line map sites, e.g.,
• Spatial Reference: Topographic Maps in South
Africa
http://www.spatialreference.co.za/Maps.asp
• Statistics South Africa Digital Census Atlas
http://geoinfo.statssa.gov.za/censusdigitalatlas/
Some in resources subject lists:
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/governmentpublications/resources/sa-government-bysubject/
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/governmentpublications/resources/links-government-bysubject/

14. On-line GIS sites, e.g.,
• AGIS: Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information
System
http://www.agis.agric.za/agisweb/agis.html
• Biodiversity GIS
http://bgis.sanbi.org/mapsearch.asp
• State of the Environment
http://soer.deat.gov.za/themes.aspx?m=669
Some in resources subject lists

15. Individual on-line maps, e.g.,
• City of Cape Town Ward Map
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/stats/Documen
ts/2011%20Census/Wards/2011%20Ward%20M
ap.pdf
Some in resources subject lists

16. Geo Lunch Workshop
Special Collections
20 February 2014

17. Using maps for research
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Business
Topography
Family history
Travel
• Science and the
environment
• Recreation
• Military history
• History

18. Maps in Special Collections
• Scope
- Africa
- South Africa
- Local
• Status
- Catalogued
- Uncatalogued
- Digitised

19. Where and how to find them
• Catalogued maps
– in the Library catalogue
• Digitised maps
– found on DigiTool
– in three categories:
- African Historical Maps
- Cape Town Street Plans
- Military Mapping, including two Imperial Map series:
i) Imperial Maps of South Africa
ii) Imperial Maps of the Cape of Good Hope
• Help to find maps
– Oceanography LibGuide

20. Other Sources of African Maps
• Atlas of Mutual Heritage:
http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/
• Afriterra: http://www.afriterra.org/
• Africa South of the Sahara: http://wwwsul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/map.html

21. Built Environment Library
Elena Bartzen
Geo Lunch Workshop, 20 Feb 2014
• Library for School of
Architecture, Planning, and Geomatics and the
Department of Construction Economics and
Management
• Located in the Centlivres Building on Upper
Campus, across from Leslie Social (see map)

23. • Three dedicated GIS computers in the BEL
Technical Library (located on the South end of the
library)
• Cape Town Municipality GIS data of the city of
Cape Town from 1998 until 2012
• Tutorials for identifying and extracting data are
available on each GIS computer desktop
• Students are encouraged to find and extract
necessary data in the library and manipulate the
data using AutoCAD software available in the
department computer labs

25. Resources available in BEL
Statistical Analysis of Geographic Information: with
ArcView GIS and ArcGIS
By David W. S. Wong
GIS for Landscape Architects
By Karen C. Hanna
Hypothetical City Workbook: Exercises,
Spreadsheets, and GIS Data to Accompany Urban
Land Use Planning
By Edward J. Kaiser

26. Referencing maps & data
Linda Kelly, EGS Librarian
• Plagiarism, referencing & replicating research
• Reference articles & books
– use RefWorks (citation manager)
• Research Data Management
– Reputable literature & data
– Infers need to reference data
• Map tab in EGS Library Guide