www.elmt-relpa.org

Under the ELMT/RELPA program, LVIA was contracted by CARE Ethiopia to produce a cartographic database of the ELMT/RELPA operational area.   The aim of the maps was to highlight to governments, NGOs and other agencies the cross border similarities in order that these are considered when programming

The data was compiled with the collaboration and assistance of a number of agencies including: the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM), Word Food Program (WFP), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS-NET) and others.

The maps elaborated are of two types: some are based on regional data that have been clipped to the ELMT/RELPA operational area, others are based on national data that has been combined and elaborated from several different archives.

 Main geo-processing activities concerned treatment of acquired elevation data; attributes information re-organization, editing adjustment and re-classification processes for vector format national data (in particular along the national borders). Spatial interpolation techniques have been used for climatic and remote sensed data with seasonal character.

All regional Atlas maps are available in pdf format and downloadable without any restriction. 

Please note that the boundaries and names of the maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the USAID-East Africa Mission.