African Data

Posted by Caitlin Dempsey on 3/29/08 • Categorized as Data, GIS Data and Resources by Country

Data sources, both commercial and free, in GIS format covering the continent of Africa. Find cadastral, environmental and cultural data.

Africa Data Dissemination Service
Land use and base GIS data.

Africover
Land cover and agricultural data for 10 nations in eastern Africa from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

ReliefWeb GIS Data
ESRI Shapefile and MapInfo format base layers for Africa.

Safari 2000 Project
Environmental and elevation data for southern Africa collected between 1999-2001 by various research organizations.

SAHIMS GIS DATA
The Southern African Human-development Information Management Network for Coordinated Humanitarian & Development Action(SAHIMS) has free GIS data available for several African countries.

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2 Comments

  1. Marlo Dowell
    February 13, 2008 • 7:44 pm

    Hello,

    I’m an architecture Graduate student desperately trying to find GIS information for my thesis site in Downtown Johannesburg. I’m looking for contours, (elevation maps), building outlines, and street outlines. But mainly contours.

    Thank you!
    -marlo

  2. gbamis olukayode
    March 28, 2008 • 7:11 am

    i am a surveyor and a practicing geomatic engineering in Nideria,i need gis data and maps covering utm zone32,minna datum of Nigeria for use in preparing a gis proposal.
    Thank u.

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