Cox's Bazar Rohingya Settlements: 2018 UAV Imagery and GIS Packages

International Organization for Migration (IOM) produced this collection of UAV imagery and GIS data covering Rohingya refugee settlements in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The data includes high-resolution aerial captures and administrative boundaries recorded monthly between April and September 2018. It provides multi-format geospatial files including GEOTIFF, KMZ, and MBTILES for both desktop and mobile use.

Use Cases

• Change detection analysis of camp expansion using historical GEOTIFF imagery
• Mobile field navigation and boundary verification using MBTILES in SW Maps
• Administrative mapping of refugee blocks using Majhee block shapefiles

Strengths

• Multi-format availability including GEOTIFF for GIS software and MBTILES for mobile use
• Includes specific Majhee block shapefiles for granular administrative analysis
• Temporal sequence of imagery capturing camp evolution across six months in 2018

Limitations

• Temporal staleness as the primary imagery reflects the 2018 landscape
• Lack of integrated tabular demographic data for the mapped structures
• Fragmented distribution across multiple camp-specific download packages

Provenance

Source

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Collection Method

UAV (drone) flights and GIS boundary mapping

Time Range

2018-04 to 2018-09

Freshness

Historical data; primary imagery collection concluded in late 2018.

Geography

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh