Data on administrative units or areas defined for the purpose of administration by a (local) government.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| In an open format | DBF, SHP, SHX | the file also comes in .PRJ format which is not on the list. |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | The data are updated since it is already possible to plot the new urban zoning plan of São Paulo that was revised in June 2016 (Zoning – Municipal Law 16,402 / 16) |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | Yes | |
| findable | 4 | I found the data just by putting in google a phrase (mapa da cidade de são paulo formato aberto) about the information. |
| findable_steps | I googled “mapa cidade de são paulo formato aberto” (Map of the city of São Paulo open format). I was directed by google to the site of the Municipal Department of Urban Development (https://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/desenvolvimento_urbano/dados_estatisticos/) and at the top of the page of the site had a link to the portal GeoSampa. | |
| licence_url | https://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/dese | The link for GeoSampa website advise that: The GeoSampa portal gathers detailed and georeferenced public information about the municipality, offering data availability in open format. The platform allows any citizen to access the maps and territorial information of the main information systems of the São Paulo City Hall. |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | The data comes in an open format (shapefile) that can be used in different programs and easy to read even in free softwares like QGis. |
| collector_name | Secretaria Municipal de Desenvolvimento Urbano | Comment: The GeoSampa portal is hosted within the website of the Municipal Department of Urban Development of the Municipality of São Paulo. The Secretariat is the city's governing body responsible for urban planning. |
| characteristics | Boundary level 1, Boundary level 2, Coordinates (latitude, longitude), Name of poligone (department, region, city), Borders of poligone | The map comes in shapefile and dbf format, it is possible to add different layers ranging from urban infrastructure to hydrography and it can be plotted on different scales. The map can be plotted at different scales due to the possibility of downloading in shapefile. There is a menu of options to the right of the site where you can choose the layer with the information you want: Boundary level 1 (camadas - Limites Administrativos – Distrito) Boundary level 2 (camadas - Limites Administrativos – subprefeitura) Coordinates (latitude, longitude) (the format is shapefile, when you make the download the latitude and longitude comes together) Name of poligone (department, region, city) (camadas - Limites Administrativos) Borders of poligone (camadas - Limites Administrativos) |
| location | https://geosampa.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/PaginasPublicas/_S - GeoSampa gathers detailed and georeferenced information about the municipality, offering data available in an open format. The platform allows any citizen to access the maps and territorial information of the main information systems of the São Paulo City Hall. | GeoSampa gathers detailed and georeferenced information about the municipality, offering data available in an open format. The platform allows any citizen to access the maps and territorial information of the main information systems of the São Paulo City Hall. |
Reviewed. Everything ok.