The depiction of administrative boundaries, with p-coded (place code) labels where appropriate, is invariably highly important for multiple aspects of information management in support of humanitarian decision-making. This is because it encourages and enables situational data to be aggregated using a consistent framework, and so facilitates analysis. It is essential that administrative boundaries, with any associated p-codes, are standardised across institutions and agencies involved in the response.
Early on in a response it may only be possible to obtain level 0 (International) or level 1 (province, municipality) information, but the more detailed the boundaries, the more granular the analysis can be, so using level 2 (district/zone), level 3 (territory/city), or level 4 (village) becomes more important as a response evolves.
Strategic and operational.
Basemap.
The depiction of administrative boundaries, with p-coded labels where appropriate, is invariably highly important for multiple aspects of information management to support humanitarian decision-making. This is because it encourages and enables situational data to be aggregated using a consistent spatial framework, and so facilitates analysis.
Everyone.
The depiction of administrative boundaries, with p-coded labels where appropriate, is invariably highly important for multiple aspects of information management to support humanitarian decision-making. This is because it encourages and enables situational data to be aggregated using a consistent spatial framework, and so facilitates analysis.
It is essential that administrative boundaries, with any associated p-codes, are standardised across in- stitutions and agencies involved in the response. The starting point will normally be the common opera- tional datasets. OCHA information management staff will normally have stewardship of these datasets, and should be consulted to ensure that the version used in mapping is consistent with that in use for data collection and other purposes.
Administrative Boundaries
Place Codes (p-codes)
Settlements
Humanitarian Response has a number of documents that further explain the concept of p-codes and how to create them.