Google Open Buildings (Africa)
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.
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- Free / open
- Country
- 🌍 Pan-African
- Last verified
- 10 Jul 2026
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- 10 Jul 2026 · live
- 7 Jul 2026 · live
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