Identification Information:

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Source: Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services
Feature Type: Points

Abstract:

CERSGIS as part of its initial contribution towards providing rich data for this platform, mapped out some agro chemical shops within the country. The data does not give the exact location of the shops but an indicative location. There are about 24 of these shops across the entire country currently in the database

 

Purpose:

The purpose for which this dataset was created was solely for the purpose of making it available on this platform to supplement other datasets for related analyses. Attribute information hence were captured based how CERSGIS deems them relevant.

Spatial Reference Information:

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Geographic Coordinate System: 

GCS_WGS_1984
Datum:   D_WGS_1984
Prime Meridian:    Greenwich
Angular Unit:        Degree

Projected Coordinate System:  

WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_30N
Projection:          Transverse_Mercator
False_Easting:      500000.00000000
False_Northing:    0.00000000
Central_Meridian:  -3.00000000
Scale_Factor:        0.99960000
Latitude_Of_Origin:  0.00000000
Linear Unit:           Meter

Attribute Information:

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FID:

ID:Unique identifier used for indexing the record

COMMUNITY: The actual community to locate the shop

DISTRICT: District to find the company

REGION: Region where company can be found

COMPANYNAM: Name of the company

ADDRESS: Postal address of the company

WEBSITE:The website address of the shop if they have one

EMAIL: Email contact of the shop if available

TELEPHONE: Phone contact for the shop

DESCRIPTIO: Description of the kind of product they sell

Distribution Information:

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Contact(s)

Henry Kwamena Baffoe
hbaffoe@ug.edu.gh
Applications Specialist
Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS)
University of Ghana, Legon - Accra

 

George Owusu
gowusu@gmail.com
Applications Specialist
Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS)
University of Ghana, Legon - Accra

 

Data Access Format:

ESRI Shapefile format – Downloadable as zip file

Date Updated:

August 2012

Status:

Ongoing

 

Usage Information:

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This dataset can and shall be used for the purpose for which this data sharing agreement was reached for the release of the dataset. Any other use of the dataset other than the agreed intended use, shall constitute a breach of usage agreement unless necessary arrangment have been made in this regard