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Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0

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Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0
Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Geographic
Geographic
Country
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / CC-BY-IGO
Free / CC-BY-SA 4.0
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
24 Jun 2026
Tags
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geopackage, settlements, grid3, building-footprints, ciesin
Links
Website Docs
Website Docs
Summary
Official UN OCHA Common Operational Dataset of Ghana's admin boundaries — national, 16 regions (ADM1), 260 districts (ADM2) — as Shapefile/Geodatabase/GeoJSON, CC-BY-IGO licensed. Mirrors the existing Kenya OCHA-COD entry already in the registry.
Geospatial dataset mapping Nigeria's settlements as settlement blocks with block-level building counts/areas, Google Open Buildings 2.5D heights, and Sentinel-2 NDVI/EVI metrics. Released March 2026 by CIESIN/Columbia in OGC GeoPackage format under CC BY-SA 4.0 via the GRID3 Data Hub.

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 at a glance

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 are both listed under Geographic in Wycord's Datasets index.

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Ghana and GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 in Nigeria.

Both currently show the status "Docs live".

On access, both are marked "No approval needed".

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 0% uptime for Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) (36 checks) and 100% for GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 (36 checks).

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Pricing: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Free / CC-BY-IGO; GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0, Free / CC-BY-SA 4.0.
  • Country: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Ghana; GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0, Nigeria.
  • 30-day uptime: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), 0%; GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0, 100%.

Topics

Only GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0: geopackage, settlements, grid3, building-footprints, ciesin.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) or GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0?
GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 leads over the last 30 days: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) 0%, GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 100%.
Do Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) or GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 based?
Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Ghana; GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0 is based in Nigeria.

More comparisons

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