Must be able to display disputed borders

[stufraser1]

We need to be able to show disputed borders on the map,
Jammu and Kashmir area is key example:
See dashed lines in the below World Bank map. We have a field, DISP_AREA, in the attributes of the files g2015_2014_0_upd270117 / g2015_2014_1_upd270117 / g2015_2014_2_upd270117
At each level, where DISP_AREA=YES, the border should be displayed as dashed. DISP_AREA=NO should remain solid

[fjacon]

@tonio will look into this next week.
Note that so far disputed aera are on the maps : they do not belong to any country. and in fact there is a problem because it says "Administrative unit not available " in the title. See below for an area inside Jammu and Kashmir.

[stufraser1]

I will provide links by email to an updated ADM boundary layer, that attribute the northern Jammu&Kashmir ADM0 area to Pakistan -- I changed the ADM0 name -- and the southern area to India (there are two areas called Jammu&Kashmir in the version used currently). The new files are date labelled 020217.

Edit: I realised this won't work, as it effectively shows J&K as part of the countries without a disputed border, which is not correct either.

[stufraser1]

If we adjust only the ADM0 code in the underlying boundary files, to match India (southern J&K) and Pakistan (northern J&K) would that enable J&K to be assigned hazard levels and also show India+J&K together on the map, or does the process also rely on the ADM unit name?

[fjacon]

I cannot answer this. We will have to wait for Antoine and François to return next week.

[fjacon]

There might be no matching regions between administrative divisions and Hazard set.
For example this hazard set : EQ-PAK-KIT-475 is declared with regions = pakistan
But I guess northern Jammu&Kashmir is not in this region. Then the processing will not take this into account.
This is a guess... to be confirmed

[stufraser1]

Contingent on resolving #818

[matamadio]

A python script is available in Thinkhazard/Basemap_processing for editing original WB boundaries into SHP for thinkhazard.
Edits include:

• modification of geometric features to solve zoom issues (France, New Zealand, Japan)
• modification of names;
• adding ADM0 names translation fields;
• adding disputed areas (to be shown in TH with different legend, e.g. dashed border)