Senegal GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Disaster Records

GLIDE Initiative's Senegal - GLIDE Disaster Events dataset provides a standardized registry of disaster occurrences. It uses GLIDEnumbers, a global unique identifier system proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) and adopted by UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and others, to enable interoperability across disaster information sources. The data is available in GEOJSON and CSV formats and was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Mapping disaster event locations and frequencies based on geospatial coordinates likely present in the GEOJSON format.
• Cross-referencing disaster information from multiple agencies based on the standardized GLIDEnumber identifier.
• Analyzing temporal patterns of disasters in Senegal based on the event registration records.
• Integrating disaster data into structured and textual information systems based on the interoperability goal of the GLIDE system.

Strengths

• Employs a globally recognized identifier (GLIDEnumber) adopted by major UN agencies and research centers.
• Available in both geospatial (GEOJSON) and tabular (CSV) formats for different analytical needs.
• Data is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Collection Method

Registration of disaster events using the GLIDE unique identifier system.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:56:26.099416; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Senegal