Post Tropical Storm Chalane Drone Orthomosaic for Chikwawa, Malawi

A drone orthomosaic map of Chikwawa, Malawi, created after Tropical Storm Chalane. The data was collected by GLOBHE using their Crowddroning platform and is available in GEOTIFF format under a CC-BY-4.0 license. The dataset listing was last updated on 2026-05-23.

Use Cases

• Assess storm damage to infrastructure and agriculture based on the post-event orthomosaic.
• Plan recovery and reconstruction efforts based on the detailed aerial imagery.
• Conduct change detection analysis by comparing this post-storm imagery with pre-event baselines.
• Validate satellite-based damage assessments using higher-resolution drone imagery.

Strengths

• Data is provided in the GEOTIFF format, a standard for geospatial imagery.
• The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for flexible reuse with attribution.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Globhe Drones

Collection Method

Collected via Crowddroning, a platform for drone data collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-23 10:37:51.336761; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chikwawa, Malawi