Maps and Data

The primary goal of the CIDMEWS-SL is to allow people who are not GIS professionals to do self-service mapping on any device (i.e., desktop, tablets and smartphones using Internet browsers) and expand the creative use and sharing of climate information, disaster management and early warning data and information resources about Sierra Leone.

The CIDMEWS’ easy-to-use widgets and tools can be interactively used to easily accomplish various spatial analysis and mapping tasks using relevant Integrated Coastal Zone Management and socio-demographic datasets (Sierra Leone Housing and Population Census 2015)

Below is a comprehensive list of the geospatial data layers used in CIDMEWS.

Provinces – First-tier administrative boundaries in Sierra Leone (Source: Statistics Sierra Leone, 2015; OSM 2015)
Districts – Second-tier administrative boundaries in Sierra Leone (Source: Statistics Sierra Leone, 2015; OSM 2015)
Chiefdoms – Third-tier administrative boundaries in Sierra Leone (Source: Statistics Sierra Leone, 2015; OSM 2015)
Sections – Fourth-tier administrative boundaries in Sierra Leone (Source: Statistics Sierra Leone, 2015; OSM 2015)
Local Council Wards – local administrative boundaries in Sierra Leone (Source: Statistics Sierra Leone, 2016)

Health Facilities – Clinics, hospitals and health centres (Source: MoHS, 2015)
Educational Facilities – Primary, secondary and tertiary institutions (Source: UNICEF, 2014)
Police Stations – Police schools and prisons (Source: UNMEER, 2015)
Road Networks – Tertiary, primary and secondary roads, including residential streets in urban areas (Source: OSM, 2016)
Settlements – Cities, towns and villages in Sierra Leone (Source: OSM 2016)
Places of Worship – Tertiary, primary and secondary roads, including residential streets in urban areas (Source: OSM, 2016)
Guma Valley and Dodo Dam – Catchment and settlements (Source: INTEGEMS/BWMA, 2016)
Building Footprints – Detailed building footprints of structures (Source: OSM, 2016)

Hydrology – Major rivers and tributaries and streams (Source: OSM, 2016)
Sierra Leone Water Security Project – Borehole water monitoring in the Rokel-Seli River Basin (Source: MWR, 2016)
Bumbuna Watershed – Dam, Reservoir, Settlements (Source: INTEGEMS/BWMA, 2016)

Earth Networks Automatic Weather Stations – Real-time meteorological information from 8 weather stations (Source: Earth Networks, 2016)

Sierra Leone Housing and Population Census 2015 – Districts and Chiefdom level demographics (Source: Statistics Sierra Leone, 2016)

Soils – Soils type and spatial distribution in Sierra Leone (Source: FAO, 2004)
Geology – Geological formations and distribution in Sierra Leone (Source: National Minerals Agency, Sierra Leone, 2014)
Environmental Management – Mangroves, protected areas and wetlands/swamps (Source: Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and Environment, 2012)