- On line encyclopedias :
- Use the CIA country facts book
- Cross with Wikipedia
- Test online map servers :
- Always check the maps collections
- Get information about :
2 - Getting the basic facts (2/2) 
- Google Earth ?
- Basic information provided by GE
- Add-ons : 1 -> 2
- Google Local
- Windows Live Local
Those tools are very useful to get a first idea of the area but so far information density and quality is not adequate for our project
3 - Thematic layers (1/3)
- Physical geography
- Elevations
- Climate
- Land Cover
- Hydrography
- Human impact
- Borders
- Population
- Cities
- Road Network
- Industry
- Environment
4 - Thematic layers (2/3)
- Soils Maps
- Geology
- African Geology
- Lithology
- Gravimetry
- Petroleum geology
- Petroleum Activity
- Limits of petroleum basins
- Permits
- Infrastructures
5 - Thematic layers (3/3)
- Inundation maps
- 1/200 000 soviet maps
- French National Geographic Institute (IGN)
- IRD/ORSTOM data (J. Cabot work)
- Situation Data
- Refugees maps
- Food Crisis data
- Locust maps
6 - Guidelines for geospatial intelligence
- Use specialized thematic Web sites
- Search for several sources on the same theme for verification
- Prefer raster information for simplicity
- Don't mess with coordinates and locations
- Be careful with source and information dates
