GRID3 Nigeria Settlement Extents v4.0
VerifiedGeospatial 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.
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- Datasets
- Pricing
- Free / CC-BY-SA 4.0
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Last verified
- 24 Jun 2026
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