j-norwood-young/SA-Maps

South African Shapefiles, GIS data and other useful mapping stuff SA Maps ======= South African Shapefiles, GIS data and other useful mapping stuff If you use Git to copy this repository -------------------------------------- Some of the map files (ZIP archives and shapefiles) are stored using a small add-on called **Git LFS**. If you skip the steps below, those files may stay tiny and will not open properly. 1. Install Git LFS (free): git-lfs.com. On a Mac with Homebrew you can run: `brew install git-lfs` 2. Open Terminal, go to your copy of this folder, and run: `git lfs install` (only needed once per computer) 3. Then run: `git lfs pull` If you already cloned the repo before doing this, run steps 2 and 3 inside the project folder and your map files should download correctly. Planning to contribute changes through Git? Install Git LFS and run `git lfs install` first so large map files upload correctly when you push. Only need some files? ---------------------- You do not have to download the whole repository. - **Using the website:** Open the repository on GitHub, browse to the folder you care about, click the file you want, then use **Download** (or the **⋮** menu on the file view). Repeat for each map file you need. - **Using Git:** After cloning, you can fetch large files for part of the tree only. For example, to pull just the `Wards` folder: `GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone github.com` `cd SA-Maps && git lfs install && git lfs pull --include="Wards/*"` Change `Wards/*` to match the folder you need (for example `Voting Districts/*`). Provinces --------- Source: demarcation.org.za Local Municipalities -------------------- Source: demarcation.org.za Districts --------- Source: demarcation.org.za Wards ----- Source: demarcation.org.za Voting Districts ---------------- 2021 Voting Districts Please note that these are ZIPPED UP becaue of Git's 100MB file limit! If you make changes, zip it up again and add the zip, …