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Administrative boundary | A geographic polygon or polygons representing the perimeter of one administrative unit. |
Administrative hierarchy | A set of recognized and hierarchical levels of administrative authority and geographic partition of a country or territory. Increasing administrative level numbers represent lower (geographically smaller and administratively subservient) units, with administrative level 0 representing the entire country, administrative level 1 representing the next lower level, and so on. - EXAMPLE: Afghanistan is divided into provinces, which are in turn divided into districts. Thus Afghanistan's administrative level 0 is the country (Afghanistan), administrative level 1 is the provinces, and administrative level 2 is the districts.
In some countries an administrative level may consist of more than one type of administrative unit. - EXAMPLE: The United States of America's administrative level 1 consists of States, the District of Colombia, and further remote units.
- EXAMPLE: Canada's administrative level 1 consists of provinces and territories.
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| COD | See Common Operational Dataset |
| COD-AB | See Administrative Boundary COD |
| COD-PS | See Population Statistics COD |
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Common Operational Dataset (COD) | Authoritative reference datasets needed to support operations and decision-making for all actors in a humanitarian response. They provide essential baseline data and data standards that allow humanitarian actors to collaborate, coordinate and exchange information. CODs provide the basis for a common operational picture and a shared situational awareness. . |
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| Core Common Operatioanal Datasets | Administrative Boundary CODs (COD-AB) and Population Statistics CODs (COD-PS) |
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| Emergency Response Preparedness | To enhance emergency preparedness within the multilateral humanitarian system, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) has developed the Emergency Response Preparedness (ERP) approach, which was adopted for field testing in August 2015. The approach is based on a review of relief operations over the past decade and enables the humanitarian community to proactively prepare for crises requiring a coordinated international response. |
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| ITOS | The Carl Vinson Institute of Government's Office of Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) is a leader in GIS innovation and is part of the University of Georgia. ITOS provides three services for Common Operational Datasets: - Vetting and correction of database, attributes, and spatial properties
- Configuration and standardization
- Preparation and publishing of live services
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| Live service | Map and feature services of administrative boundary and populated places Common Operational Datasets (COD-ABs and COD-PP). See How to consume COD live services. |
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