During June this year we managed to obtain the latest cadastral data from the various Surveyors General offices as well as the latest topographic 1:50,000 vector maps from the Chief Directorate: Surveys & Mapping in Mowbray. It has been over a month’s work to compile these datasets into user-friendly PlanetGIS maps, and we’re still working on the cadastral maps. I have been placing the maps on our website as they were completed and for July and August to date there has been nearly 100 Gigabytes of downloads!

The maps are now broken down by province to make the file sizes a bit more manageable for downloading. For all provinces you will find the very latest of the following:

• Topographic 1:50,000 vector maps
• 20m contours (complete coverage)
• 5m contours (partial coverage)

The new cadastral maps are ready for the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape as well as the Free State. We are currently working on KZN and Limpopo and the other provinces will follow soon. These maps now come with a search engine. Click on the “locate” button (the button with the binoculars) and select “Locate a land parcel”…

The new maps may all be downloaded from http://www.planetgis.co.za/browse.php?id=20.

Please let me know what you think of the maps. Your feedback is highly valued.