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City of Cape Town Map Viewer
Search using your erf (plot) number. This is the unique number of the erf as it appears on the Surveyor General’s diagram. It is the legal description of your property. You will find it on the reverse side of your rates account, in the line containing the address. Type the number, without the suburb name.
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The City of Cape Town makes data available that has been approved for use in terms of the Open Data Policy. Access to City information helps to increase transparency, as well as benefit the wider community and other stakeholders.
- Introduction
- 1.2 Map/Layer Symbology and Labels
- 4.1 Search
- 4.1.7.b Add search result as operational layer
- 5.2.1 Obtain locations using addresses or place names
- 5.3.2a Using the Line Tool
- 5.3.2b Using the Polyline Tool
- 5.3.2c Using the Freehand Polyline Tool
- 5.3.3a Using the Triangle, Extent, Circle or Ellipse Tool
- 5.3.3b Using the Polygon Tool
- 5.3.3c Using the Freehand Polygon Tool
- 10. About, Contact Information and Disclaimer
- Disclaimer
This quick help guide was compiled to assist users in exploring spatial information about the City of Cape Town. The interactive map viewer includes several spatial layers grouped into Themes, which us-ers can interact with. Users can view details of all properties and other spatial data within the City of Cape Town. More detailed layers will be dy...
The features of the base map are displayed and labelled using a variety of colours and become visible at pre-set scales. The Base Map symbology is as follows: Freeways/Highways - thick Pink lines with dark Pink outlines; Main roads - thin Orange lines; All other roads - thin White lines Property boundaries (Registered Properties) - thin Yellow ou...
The Search category enables searching on the following criteria: Street Address, Property (erf) / Farm number, Suburb, Ward, Subcouncil or by performing a Spatial Search.
When the “Add result as operational layer” option is selected, the result of the search as highlighted in the map area will be added as a layer in the “Layer List” of the viewer. Here the user can switch the layer on or off as with any other layer. Using this advanced option; search results from many searches can be added as layers to the “Layer ...
Insert an origin address or place name in the first textbox next to the icon. Insert the destination ad-dress or place in the textbox next to the icon. If the results did not automatically appear in the tool window, click on "GET DIRECTIONS" to generate the route, distance and travel time.
For the Line tool, left-click in the map area to start drawing the line and, while holding down the button, move the mouse to where the line should end and release the button.
For the Polyline tool, left-click in the map area to start drawing the line, then move the mouse to where the next segment should start and click. Continue in this way and double click to complete the drawing.
For the Freehand Polyline tool, left-click in the map area to start drawing the line and, while holding down the button, move the mouse and the line will be drawn as the mouse moves. Release the button to finish the drawing.
Left-click in the map area to start drawing the shape and, while holding down the button, move the mouse to set the size of the shape. Release the button to complete the drawing.
Click in the map area to start drawing the shape. Move the mouse to the next boundary and click. Con-tinue in this way and double click to end the drawing.
For the Freehand Polygon tool, left-click in the map area to start drawing the polygon’s boundary line and, while holding down the button, move the mouse and the line will be drawn. Release the button to finish the drawing.
Feedback: city.maps@capetown.gov.za Open Data Portal: https://odp-cctegis.opendata.arcgis.com/
Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information, the Information and Knowledge Man-agement, GIS Department and the City of Cape Town make no warranties as to the correctness of the information supplied. The information provided on the website is provided by the respective custodian departments, are of general nature only and does ...
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Explore Cape Town's spatial data themes with the online map viewer that allows you to trace zoning, land use cases and more.
Property Search Guidelines. SEARCH THE GENERAL VALUATION ROLL (GV2022) to check the value and details of your property. You can search for your property using one of the following ways: erf (plot) number. farm. sectional title. physical address. property reference. Search using your erf (plot) number.
