COUNTRY REPORT
Kerlos Latebo
Ethiopian Mapping Agency
December, 2016
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Contents of the presentation
1. Location of Ethiopia
2. About Ethiopia
3. Background of EMA
4. EMA Products
5. Quality control system in EMA
6. Map Distribution Service
7. Challenges and Future Activities
Ethiopia officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic
Located in the Horn of Africa.
It shares a border with: - Eritrea to the North and N. East
: - Djibouti and Somalia to the East and S.East,
: - Sudan and South Sudan to the West and S.
West,
: - Kenya to the South.
36° E
42° E
48° E
14° N
14° N
TIGRAY
Mekele
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AFAR
AMHARA
Bahir Dar
^ Semera
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^
10° N
10° N
BENISHANGULGUMUZ
Asosa
DIRE DAWA
2
ADDIS ABEBA
Gambela
Harer ^
HARARI
^1
^ Jigjiga
OROMIA
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GAMBELA
SOMALI
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Hawasa
6° N
6° N
S .N. N. P
36° E
42° E
48° E
Ethiopia is a Federal Democratic Republic composed of 9 National
Regional states: namely Tigray, Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali,
Benishangul-Gumuz, Southern Nations Nationalities and People
Region (SNNPR), Gambella and Harari, and two Administrative states
(Addis Ababa City administration and Dire Dawa city council). The
national regional states as well as the two cities administrative councils
are further divided in eight hundred woredas and around 15,000
kebeles.
ØEthiopia has nearly 100 million inhabitants and It is the
second-most populous nation on the African Continent after
Nigeria. It Occupies a total area of about 1.13 million square
kms. Its capital city is Addis Abeba.
ØThe national language, Amharic – Africa's only written
language with its own unique script – is widely spoken
throughout the country and is predominant in most of the big
cities.
ØThe Ethiopian Calendar, which is approximately seven years
and four months behind the Gregorian Calendar.
ØEthiopia is home to over 85 different nation and nationalities.
ØReligion:- Majority of Ethiopians are Christians and Muslims.
Climate :- The Ethiopian Highlands cover most of the country and
have a climate which is generally considerably cooler than other
regions at similar proximity to the equator. Most of the country’s
major cities are located at elevations of about 2000-2500m. above
sea-level. The capital city Addis Abeba, is situated on the foot hills
of Mt. Entoto at an elevation of around 2,400 meters.
ØTemperature of Addis Abeba is fairly uniform throughout the year.
The average annual temperature in Addis Abeba is 16 degree C., with
daily maximum temperature averaging 20- 25 degree C. throughout
the year, and overnight lows averaging 5-10 degree C.
Ø Ethiopia is one of the members of the UN.
ØEthiopia’s Capital City Addis Abeba serves as the headquarters of
the African Union, the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. At this
moment Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing country in Africa.
ØEthiopia is the place of origin for the coffee
bean which originated from the place called
Kefa, in the southern Ethiopia. It is a land of
natural contrasts, with its vast fertile, west
jungles and numerous rivers.
EMA Background, products and services
1.1 History of Establishment
•EMA was founded in 1954 as geography institute
in Ministry of Education
•In 1960 the institute was transferred to the
Ministry of Interior and expanded its operations to
include Topographic Mapping activities and
research
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• In 1980 the Agency was established as an autonomous
Agency by the proclamation of the Government of
Ethiopia.
• From 1980 to September 2015 EMA was under the
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
• After October 2015 the Agency is organized under the
National Planning Commission.
EMA Background, products and services
1.2 The Agency Mandate
EMA is mandated to establish, collect, generate, store & disseminate:ØGeodetic Control Networks
ØTopographic Base Maps
ØLand use and Land cover maps
ØThematic Maps
ØAdministrative Boundaries (International, Regional, Zonal & District)
ØGeographic Names
ØAtlas (National, Regional, etc.)
ØRegulate any other Surveying & Mapping Activities.
Communication and
Directorate
RS and GIS
Directorate
Ethics and Anti Corruption
Directorate
Children and Women affair
Directorate
Planning and Business
development
Directorate
Mapping
Directorate
Information Technology
Directorate
Information Technology
Directorate
Audit
Directorate
Survey
Directorate
Human Resource and
Development
Directorate
General service
Directorate
Finance and Budget
Directorate
EMA Background, products and services
1.3 Organizational structure
Quality &
standard
Directorate
Quality and standard
— Quality and Standard Directorate is one of the four
directorates in EMA .
— As I mentioned earlier that Ethiopia is one of the fast
growing country in Africa and there are a number of
projects under going which needs accurate and
reliable maps . To prepare and control these maps
activety accurately EMA is the sole agency which is
responsible in Ethiopia.
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— For this reason EMA established Quality and Standard
Directorate in 2010.
— The main function of this directorate is:Ø To check the quality of the agency’s products and
services towards any quality defects prior to
dissemination to users.
Ø Controlling the quality of the products and services which
is done outside the agency by using check list
Ø Producing and disseminating the standards and
specifications for different types of scales for the users.
EMA Background, products and services
1.4 Human Resource
ØThe Agency currently employs 351 staffs
Item
Staffs category
Number of existing staffs
1
Core
160
2
Support
191
3
Total
351
EMA Background, products and services
2.1 Cooperation with JICA
ØThe agency Cooperating with JICA in:
ü Preparation of Survey regulation
ü Production of 54 map sheets of 1:10000
scale map of Adama and Mojo area
ü Generalization of 1:10000 maps to 1:25000
map sheets
ü In the capacity building of surveying and Mapping
Activities
ü Supply of Survey and Mapping Equipments
EMA Background, products and services
2.2 Cooperation with REILA
ØThe agency also cooperating with REILA in:
ü Establishment of 30 new Zero Order Geodetic control
points
üInstallation of 2 COR stations
ü Capacity Building and consultancy services in Survey
activity
ü Capacity Building in Orthophoto production and quality
control procedures of the process
üSupply of Survey and Mapping Equipments
EMA Background, products and services
3.1 Different scale Topographic maps
EMA Background, products and services
3.2 Ethiopian Tourist and Land Cover map
EMA Background, products and services
3.3 Different GSD Orthophoto maps
EMA Background, products and services
3.4 Tourist map of different regions/cities
EMA Background, products and services
4.2 Digital Map distribution
EMA recognizes the importance of agreed NSDI framework to provide
mechanisms for data sharing and coordination of the development of
geospatial datasets in order;
• To eliminate wastage of resources and duplication of effort in the production
of geospatial information;
• To develop acceptable standards for data production and distribution;
• To develop a solution for easy discovery and access of geospatial data;
• To Enable effective use of geospatial fundamental data.
EMA Background, products and services
Digital Map distribution …..…continued
In the future based on NSDI framework for data sharing, EMA will
formulate its own data sharing policy which:•Categorizes the data into free, open and restricted;
•Define the sharing method and format
•Define the cost of each digital data
•To Enable effective use of geospatial fundamental data for now on cost
sharing basis the agency:• Has fixed the cost of analogue maps and published
• Fixed scanning and Geo-referencing cost for raster maps to 161.00 birr/
map sheet.
• Fixed the cost of digital orthophoto maps to 62.45 birr/km2
EMA Background, products and services
5.1 Challenges
•Not having adequate capacity in the production of new
city maps and a digital map printing facility.
•Not having NSDI framework of digital data sharing
policy for digital data distribution.
•Not having a digital data sharing policy of EMA which is
supported by a copy right law.
•High turnover of the employs.
EMA Background, products and services
5.2 Future Activities
The agency will :
• Upgrade the analogue printing press using CTP machine.
• Continue to make effort in getting partner for better analogue Tourist
map distribution.
•Continue producing a tourist city maps for major cities
• Based on the future NSDI policy, the agency will formulate a digital
data sharing policy to distribute the existing and new digital data.
•In the process :ü free, restricted and open data’s will be categorized
ü the cost of the data where applicable will be defined
ü definition of the criteria and method of distribution
ü to define the Copy right laws and regulations
ü Post all Metadata, sample maps for the existing digital maps
on the web portal.
EMA Background, products and services