Chad - GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Disaster Identifiers

Chad disaster events registered with GLIDE (GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters) codes. The dataset likely contains records of disasters, each assigned a unique identifier to enable interoperability across information sources. It is provided by the GLIDE Initiative and was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference disaster impacts across international databases based on the standardized GLIDE number.
• Map disaster event locations in Chad based on the geospatial file format.
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in Chad based on the event registry.

Strengths

• Uses a globally recognized identifier (GLIDE number) adopted by major institutions like UN-OCHA and IFRC.
• Available in multiple interoperable formats, including GEOJSON and CSV.
• Released under the open CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:57:05.475271; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chad