Administrative Boundaries
Description
ASAP information is provided at two spatial levels: national (Gaul0) and sub-national (Gaul1). In particular, hotspots are related to national units while warnings to sub-national units. An additional more detailed sub-national level (Gaul2) is available for a set of selected countries of interest, for which we provide aggregated statistics (see "Indicator Statistics" sub section). The reference spatial layers (gaul0_asap, gaul1_asap, gaul2_asap) are derived from the The Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) dataset, implemented by FAO within the CountrySTAT and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) projects. The original data sets were adapted to match the specific ASAP requirements (e.g. in some countries, the sub-national units were aggregated, in others they were split in smaller units) and the geometry was simplified (e.g. the number of vertex reduced and small islands removed). The geographic and thematic information contained does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Here you can download the three layers as shapefiles. These layers can be used to visualize the historical time series of Hotspots, Warnings and Indicator statistics (see related sections below). The key fields are asap0_id, asap1_id and asap2_id. Please note that these layers are intended for visualization at a broad scale and due to the simplification of the geometries, the original topology is not always preserved.
To access the data, please, use the following links:
gaul0_asap_v04.zip
ASAP national units (shapefile)
gaul1_asap_v04.zip
ASAP sub-national units - level 1 (shapefile)
gaul2_asap_v04.zip
ASAP sub-national units - level 2 (shapefile)