Locations

Location 

When adding a new deal to the database, the target country must be selected first.
This step is a mandatory prerequisite — no other deal-related data can be entered until the target country, i.e. the country where the land targeted by the deal is located, has been specified.
Selecting the target country activates the remaining input tabs and fields required to proceed with the data entry for the newly added deal.

 

The first data entry tab from the top is the Locations tab — it contains all the fields required for entering data on the spatial location of the deal.

 

Important notes

(1)   A deal may have multiple locations, either because the land area of the deal consists of unconnected sub-areas or because the deal is entered as a ‘subsumed deal‘ (see…).

(2)   The spatial accuracy level indicates the precision of the coordinates. For correct interpretation, both variables must be considered jointly.

 

Spatial accuracy level

A classification of the accuracy of the available spatial location information for each deal location, ranging from broad to highly precise.

·        Country: Country level information (typical spatial accuracy upwards of 100 km)

·        Administrative region: Sub-national regional level i.e. regions, districts, and cities (typical spatial accuracy of 10 km - 100 km)

·        Approximate location: Sub-regional/sub-city level i.e. villages, quarters (typical spatial accuracy of 1 km - 10 km)

·        Exact location: Exact addresses, farm names, etc. (typical spatial accuracy of 100 m - 1 km)

·        Coordinates: Exact coordinates of the location (typical spatial accuracy of less than 100 m).

 

Location

Name of the location. Use this search field to select the correct name from the auto-suggest list in the dropdown menu. The location pointer and corresponding coordinates will then be set automatically.

 

Point

(longitude, latitude)

Coordinates of the deal location in decimal format. Important: The spatial accuracy level indicates the precision of the coordinates. For correct interpretation, both variables must be considered jointly.

Coordinates can be entered manually either by typing them in or by using the map pointer.

 

Description

A description of the location.

 

Facility name
The name of the facility, e.g. farm name, project name, mine name, dam name etc.

 

Comment

Any further comment on the deal location.