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Aerial and satellite imagery data for Malawi

Partial open imagery Open orthophotos or high-resolution imagery exist, but only for limited areas such as regions or cities.

No national open orthophotography was identified; OpenAerialMap holds 34 openly licensed (CC BY or CC BY-SA) drone or aerial images for local areas of Malawi. Sentinel-2 (10 m) and Landsat (30 m) provide free, openly licensed national satellite coverage.

Best open GSD
0.02 m
Latest capture
2026
Datasets
1 · 1 open · 1 free
Region
Africa
Last reviewed

Datasets 1

Free is not the same as open. Cost is what you pay to get the data; the licence says what you may do with it. How cost and licence are defined

  • OpenAerialMap imagery covering Malawi (opens in a new tab)

    OpenAerialMap (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team); individual image contributors

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Orthophoto
    • Satellite imagery
    GSD
    0.02 m
    Bands
    RGB
    Acquired
    2017–2026
    Coverage
    43 images at 1 m GSD or finer with footprints centred in Malawi, as indexed on 27 October 2026; 34 under CC BY or CC BY-SA (excluding images sourced from commercial satellite operators) (principally Netherlands Red Cross, Clinton Nkolokosa, UNICEF Malawi). Coverage is local (individual drone or satellite scenes), not national.
    Licence
    Per image — CC BY 4.0: 26 images; CC BY-SA 4.0: 8 images; CC BY-NC 4.0: 8 images; Not stated: 1 image
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    GeoTIFF (COG), TMS, WMTS
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

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