Namibia learning maps, prepared 24 October 2026

Regions: Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), distributed by OCHA/HDX and geoBoundaries gbHumanitarian. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO.
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-nam
https://www.geoboundaries.org/api/current/gbHumanitarian/NAM/ADM1/
Snapshot: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/wmgeolab/geoBoundaries/9469f09/releaseData/gbHumanitarian/NAM/ADM1/geoBoundaries-NAM-ADM1.geojson
This snapshot contains fourteen regions, including Kavango East and Kavango West. Karas is labelled ǁKharas in the guide. Coordinates are WGS84, simplified by 0.001 degrees for the reference exercise. Region names are checked against the Namibia Statistics Agency 2023 census administrative map. The source metadata's year field is 2011 despite its inclusion of the later Kavango split; it must not be treated as a survey date for every boundary.
https://census.nsa.org.na/
https://murd.gov.na/en/sub-national-governments

Okavango/Cubango and Zambezi: Natural Earth 1:10m rivers and lake centerlines, public domain. All named mainstem reaches and source delta branches are retained across country borders. Source naming changes are combined. Tributaries with other names are not silently added to the same answer.
South Atlantic Ocean: Natural Earth 1:10m geography marine polygons and land, public domain. The full named South Atlantic polygon is retained. Continental and island land is removed with a small offshore margin. The conventional ocean limits are not maritime claims or visible physical walls.
https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson
https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_10m_geography_marine_polys.geojson
https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_10m_land.geojson
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/

Kunene (relation 2728560), Orange/Senqu (relation 2248461), and Fish River (relation 8304097): OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. Main-stream ways only, retrieved 24 October 2026 and simplified by 0.00025 degrees. The channel is predominantly seasonal, including stretches through impoundments, and is not a current water-level map.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2728560
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2248461
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8304097
https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/relation/8304097/full.json
https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

City centres and sight pins: curated WGS84 coordinates, checked against their reference regions. The Skeleton Coast and Etosha pins represent large landscapes rather than their full extent. Coordinates do not replace park or local access information.

The checked-in scripts/namibia-map-source.geojson retains the reviewed, full-extent source geometry and per-feature attribution. Run python3 scripts/build-namibia-maps.py to rebuild without downloads. Named waters are never clipped to a political border or camera box. The opening camera remains on Namibia; the water game permits zooming out to see distant headwaters, delta branches and mouths. Artificial marine outlines are hidden.