Nigeria Topo Map – Introduction
This is an in-house project for the Geoinfotech Store website. The project commenced in December 2020 and was concluded on February 2021 with the submission of all deliverables and technical reports.
Project Specifications
- Production of states topo-maps
- Uploading maps and their dataset to the assigned drive.
Personnel
The following personnel made up the project team that carried out the project
| Personnel Designation | Responsibility | Name |
| Project Coordinator | Management and Coordination | Mr. Temitope Makinde |
| Project Supervisor | Supervision | Surv. Yinka Jamba-oda |
| Cartographer | Map Making | Mr. D.I Aluko |
| Cartographer | Map Making | Mr. Olugbenga Ebenezer B. |
Data Acquisition:
Data source and Data
| humanitarian Data Exchange (https://data.humdata.org) | Nigeria states and LGA boundary |
| OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/) | Road Network, railway, Transport station, land use/land cover, settlements, place of interest, Hills |
| USGS earth explorer (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) | SRTM DEM data |
Methodology
Project Strategy
Data processing and Analysis
- Data Gathering
- Contour line extraction from DEM
- DATA boundary extraction
- Cartography map-making processes
Deliverables
The deliverables for the project are the digital map produced and the datasets for each state.
| Type | Description |
| Datasets (shapefile) | Road network, railway, transport stations, contour line, settlements, river network, water bodies |
| Topo map(pdf) | State topographic map |
| Report | Word format |
Conclusions and Download
The methodology worked well for the project and good success was recorded. After the maps were produced, the team ensure that all deliverables were submitted into the company storage drive. Also, the team assisted in the uploading and publishing of the results onto the Geostore website. Download Data
