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|**Category**|**What we look at?**|**Why we look at it?**|**Characteristics**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Company<br>register|Lists of registered (limited liability)<br>companies. The submissions in this data<br>category do not need to include<br>detailed financial data such as balance<br>sheets.This category draws on the work<br>ofOpenCorporates.|Open data from company<br>registers may be used to<br>many ends: enabling<br>customers and businesses to<br>see with whom they deal, or<br>to see where a company has<br>registered offices.|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Name of company<br>•<br>Company address<br>•<br>Unique identifier of the company<br>•<br>Register available for entire<br>country (usually assessed through<br>sample: it is answered with „Yes“<br>if a register indicates companies in<br>|
||||different regions)|
|Land<br>ownership|Maps of lands with parcel layer that<br>displays boundaries. Also a land registry<br>with information on registered parcels<br>of land.The assessment criteria were<br>developed in collaboration with Cadasta<br>Foundation. For more information on<br>land ownership data sets, see Cadasta<br>Foundation's Data Overview.|The Index focuses on<br>assessing open land tenure<br>data (describing the rules and<br>processes of land property).<br>Responsible use may enable<br>tenure security and increase<br>the transparency of land<br>transactions.|The following characteristics must be<br>included in cadastral and registry<br>information submitted.<br>•<br>Parcel boundaries<br>•<br>Parcel ID<br>•<br>Property Value (price paid for<br>transaction or tax value)<br>•<br>Tenure Type (public, private,<br>customary,etc.)|
|National maps|A geographical map of the country<br>including national traffic routes,<br>stretches of water, and markings of<br>heights. The map must at least be<br>provided at a scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm =<br>2.5km), a scale feasible for most<br>countries. The Index developed this<br>category basedon a landmark report of<br>the United Nations Committee of<br>Experts on Global Geospatial<br>Information Management (UNGGIM).|Geographic information is<br>instrumental for many use<br>cases, including journey<br>planning, the mapping of<br>topography, as well as<br>demographic indicators.|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Markings of national traffic routes<br>•<br>Markings of relief/heights<br>•<br>Markings of water stretches<br>•<br>National borders Coordinates -<br>Note: To qualify, data must<br>contain geographic projections<br>that enable to interpret<br>coordinates|
|Administrative<br>Boundaries|Data on administrative units or areas<br>defined for the purpose of<br>administration by a (local)<br>government.The development of this<br>category draws on work ofFAO Global<br>Administrative Unit Layers<br>(GAUL)project, as well as theUNGIWG.|Open data about<br>administrative zones has<br>many use cases: Who are the<br>candidates in my region?<br>Which government bodies<br>administer my region? How is<br>wealth distributed across<br>regions? The Index assesses<br>two administrative boundary<br>levels (e.g. federal states =<br>level 1, and municipalities =<br>level 2).|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Boundary level 1<br>•<br>Boundary level 2 (not required, if<br>country has only one level)<br>•<br>Coordinates of administrative<br>zone (latitude, longitude)<br>•<br>Name of polygon<br>•<br>Borders of polygon - Note: To<br>qualify, data must contain<br>geographic projections that enable<br>to interpret coordinates|

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