AfriGIS develops verified geospatial data for Africa

AfriGIS is among the first geospatial solutions companies to offer verified and validated geospatial data on administrative boundaries linked to postal codes throughout Africa. Expanding the company’s geospatial datasets to cover the continent, AfriGIS has developed a polygon dataset (a collection of shapes defined by closed lines that represent geographical areas) for 21,600 localities (towns), including 475,000 sub-localities (suburbs), over the past three  years.

There are numerous attributable data overlays that can be used to enrich the dataset  via API, including points of interest, administrative political boundaries, cadastral, deeds, and census data, street centrelines, postal code regions, sectional schemes, gated communities, built-up coverage, aggregated suburbs and more.

AfriGIS took a bold approach to collecting, updating, and standardising geospatial data to ensure it meets the necessary criteria for validity and reliability in various applications, from urban planning and resource management to logistics and governance.

This ambitious project, completed over a span of three years, required the meticulous collection and integration of regional data to address specific logistical challenges faced by various industries in Africa.

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