The Spatial domain provides geographic and administrative boundary information including shapefiles, population estimates, and demography estimates including age and gender breakdowns.
The Spatial domain contains vector type data meaning that Geo unit set versions are used instead of Data series.
Filters
You can filter the available Geo unit set versions using one or more of the following criteria:
Geographic: Filters by country.
Unit type: Filters by type of geographic unit which is a geographic area or point such as a portion of a country or other region delineated for a specific purpose, such as an Administrative Unit (Province, District, County, etc.), Livelihood Zone, or Market.
As of date:
Options
Options within the Spatial domain allows for aggregation or conversion of the data. The available parameters are:
Population data:
Geographic information only (This option is selected by default)
Include population estimate, including male/female breakdown
Include demography estimate, including full age/sex breakdown
Population source and year: Choose a different data source and year for population or demography estimates than the default.
Default population estimates are from LandScan 2019.
Default demography estimates are from WorldPop 2020.
Include shapefile attributes?: Selecting ‘yes’ for this option will include all attributes associated with the original shapefile, e.g., ADMIN0, ADMIN1, lzname, lzcode, etc.
Yes
No (This option is selected by default)
Maps
The Maps tab for the Spatial domain helps to visualize the geographic position and boundary lines of the selected Geo unit set version. The Map tab is also helpful for comparing various administrative levels and layers visually.
About
The About tab provides information about the sources of selected data. The source for geographic information will always be listed. If population or demography exports are being included, this tab will also display sources for this information.
Metadata
The Table tab for the Spatial domain includes the following metadata:
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
fewsnet_region | Grouping of countries or regions based on the FEWS NET regional Classifications. They are similar to the UN M49 Groups but they use the M49 code values between 900 and 999. |
geographic_group | Grouping of countries or regions based on the United Nations Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical (UN M49) Classifications. |
fewsnet_region_id | |
geographic_group_id | |
id | Unique identifier assigned by the system. |
fnid | FEWS NET ID, a unique code used to identify a specific geographic unit. |
name | |
full_name | |
unit_type | A type of measurement of products. For instance, it could be weight or volume. |
unit_type_code | |
country | Represents the national, dependent territory, or special area of geographical interest level administrative unit, standardized to ISO 3166 naming. |
admin_0 | Represents the country level administrative unit. |
admin_1 | Represents the first level administrative units. |
admin_2 | Represents the second level administrative units. |
admin_3 | Represents the third level administrative units. |
admin_4 | Represents the fourth level administrative units. |
area | |
parent_id | |
layer_id | |
layer_name | |
geographicunitsetversion_name | |
start_date | The start date of a collection period. For monthly data, this is the first day of the month of the reporting period. For example, data from January 2021 have a start_date of January 1, 2021. |
end_date | |
country_code | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two letter code for a country. |