S/N | Dataset | Source | Method of Collection |
1 | Wind Speed | United States National Air Space Agency (NASA) website | Wind speed layer at 50m height was downloaded in Netcdf format, values were extracted to randomly created points and interpolated. |
2 | Slope | United State Geological Survey (Shuttle Radar Topographical Mission) DEM | Slope layer was extracted from the DEM. |
3 | Transmission Network | World Bank Data Catalog | Zipped shapefile of Nigerian Electricity Transmission Network was downloaded for http://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/nigeria-electricity-transmission-network. |
4 | Road and Railway Network | DIVA-GIS | Shapefile of the road network within the study area was downloaded from diva-gis online (https://www.diva-gis.org/gdata) and the railway was digitized from existing hardcopy map. |
5 | Ecologically Significant Areas | Nasarawa Geographic Information Service (NAGIS) | Hardcopy map of Nasarawa state forest reserves was obtained and georeferenced and the existing reserves and wetlands were digitized from the it. |
6 | Land cover/use | NAGIS | Softcopy map of latest (2019) land cover/use map of the State was obtained. |
7 | Settlement Points | DIVA-GIS | Gazetteer of places was downloaded and XY coordinates were added to the study area and exported as shapefiles. |
8 | Inland water (rivers) | DIVA-GIS | Inland water layer (shapefile) was downloaded from diva-gis online (https://www.diva-gis.org/gdata). |
9 | Administrative Map | DIVA-GIS | Downloaded from diva-gis online (https://www.diva-gis.org/gdata). |