OPEN DATA
Freely avaliable data from Luco
Urban Land Use Dataset (1964-2001) of Maputo city, Mozambique
LUCO project has made available a dataset consisting of land use maps of Maputo city, excluding the urban district of KaTembe, for the years 1964, 1973, 1982, 1991 and 2001.
Urban land use has been classified according to a hierarchical classification system, and Levels I and II are available in this dataset. The detailed hierarchical nomenclature is described in Portuguese and English. Final maps, available in ESRI shapefile format, are provided in the local UTM projection (WGS 84 UTM 36 South - EPSG: 32376). They include predefined symbology-legend files for the two classification levels, for use in QGIS and ArcGIS. Additionally, each polygon is annotated with a code and description, for each level.
The dataset is freely available at Zenodo repository.
UAV Flights
Images available at OpenAerialMap, uploaded by #MapeandoMeuBairro:
- Mafalala - resolution: 5cm | date: 24/07/2023
- ChamanculoC - resolution: 4cm | date: 24/07/2023
Platforms and datasets
Urban Africa
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Public institute responsible for promoting Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) |
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| Official Mozambique national geographic data portal | ||
| Digital Earth Africa |
Hosts a repository of Earth observation datasets spanning continental Africa |
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| AFRICAPOLIS: Visualize urbanisation in Africa |
A research and data visualisation tool used to map, analyse and understand urbanisation and urban growth in Africa |
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A gateway to data and information on Africa's social, economic, territorial and environmental development, developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission |
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The platform is managed by the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC)/OECD. However, it does provide information on other regions of Africa |
Others
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To help find creative solutions to the urban information crisis, UN-Habitat developed the urban observatory model for urban data collection and analysis, in partnership with cities around the world. Urban observatories are well-positioned to address the frequently expressed need for reliable, high resolution urban datasets specific to the cities and immediate city-regions in which they operate. |
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| Urban indicators database | ||
| Open and free data and tools for assessing the human presence on the planet | ||
| SEDAC – Socioeconomic data and applications center |
Focusing on human interactions in the environment, SEDAC has as its mission to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and earth science data and to serve as an "Information Gateway" between earth sciences and social sciences |