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Google Open Buildings (Africa) vs Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)

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Google Open Buildings (Africa)Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)
Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Geographic
Geographic
Country
🌍 Pan-African
🇰🇪 Kenya
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / open
Free / open
Verified
Unverified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
satellite, geospatial, buildings, footprints, hdx
boundaries, kenya, shapefile, geospatial, admin
Links
Website Docs
Website
Summary
Machine-learning building footprint dataset first released for Africa and now covering 1.8 billion detections, each with a polygon, confidence score and Plus Code. Africa is served both as the original continent-wide product and as per-country GeoParquet/GeoJSON extracts on HDX. Data downloads as CSV by S2 cell, via gsutil, Google Earth Engine or the web explorer; latest v3 is May 2023.
Official Common Operational Dataset administrative boundaries for Kenya, from national down through counties, sub-counties and wards. Provided on HDX as Shapefile and other GIS formats, maintained by OCHA together with the government. Free download and openly licensed.

Google Open Buildings (Africa) vs Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) at a glance

Google Open Buildings (Africa) and Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) are both listed under Geographic in Wycord's Datasets index.

Google Open Buildings (Africa) is based in Pan-African and Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) in Kenya.

Both currently show the status "Docs live".

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

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 100% uptime for Google Open Buildings (Africa) (36 checks) and 86.11% for Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) (36 checks).

Average response time on live probes was 280 ms for Google Open Buildings (Africa) and 279 ms for Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD).

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

How they differ

  • Country: Google Open Buildings (Africa), Pan-African; Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Kenya.
  • Verification: Google Open Buildings (Africa), Unverified; Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Verified.
  • 30-day uptime: Google Open Buildings (Africa), 100%; Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), 86.11%.
  • Average latency: Google Open Buildings (Africa), 280 ms; Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), 279 ms.

Topics

Both are tagged: geospatial.

Only Google Open Buildings (Africa): satellite, buildings, footprints, hdx.

Only Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD): boundaries, kenya, shapefile, admin.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, Google Open Buildings (Africa) or Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)?
Google Open Buildings (Africa) leads over the last 30 days: Google Open Buildings (Africa) 100%, Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) 86.11%.
Do Google Open Buildings (Africa) or Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for Google Open Buildings (Africa) and Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are Google Open Buildings (Africa) and Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) based?
Google Open Buildings (Africa) is based in Pan-African; Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Kenya.

More comparisons

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