Administrative boundaries, geocoding libraries and map data for Bangladesh — the division → district → upazila → union hierarchy that every BD app eventually needs. The classic datasets here are among the most widely used Bangladeshi repositories on GitHub, and for good reason: everything downstream, from delivery pricing to disaster mapping, starts with this hierarchy. Boundary files are checked for actual data content, not just a README and a logo.
bangladesh-geocodeThe classic division → district → upazila → union dataset with lat/long coordinates — the first import of countless Bangladeshi apps, and the dataset most others in this table derive from.MITDiaspora
bangladesh-geojsonDivisions, districts, upazilas, postcodes and full boundary GeoJSON — polygons ready for Leaflet and Mapbox, pairing naturally with geocode's point data. A model example of layered licensing done right.MIT (code) / ODbL (OSM-derived layers) / CC-BY-4.0 (boundaries)BD-based
geo-vaultThe deepest coverage available in one place: all 8 divisions, 64 districts, 494 upazilas and 4,540 unions with p-codes and 2022 census population figures.Boundaries CC-BY-3.0 IGO (HDX COD-AB / geoBoundaries)ee list
laravel-bangladesh-geocodeDivisions, districts, thanas and unions as a Laravel package — seed the hierarchy straight into your database instead of importing CSVs (also maintained by sandofvega).MITBD-based
bd-geo-infoZero-dependency TypeScript/JavaScript library for BD geography with React components — hierarchy data plus ready-made UI pieces.MITBD-based
@bangladeshi/bangladesh-addressDivisions, districts and upazilas as structured data under the @bangladeshi npm scope — a building block for address forms that do not force users to type what a dropdown knows.MITDiaspora
bangladesh-location-dataLocation datasets for JavaScript apps, published on npm for direct import.MITBD-based
bd-divisons-to-unionsDivision-to-union lookup data — the full ladder in one dataset for search and autocomplete use cases.ISCBD-based
bd-geographical-data-apiREST API for Bangladesh geographical data — serve the hierarchy over HTTP instead of bundling it into every client.MITee list
bd_gis40-year geospatial analysis of the Sylhet haor region — a research-grade study of how the wetlands changed, useful well beyond GIS circles.MITDiaspora
manchitroTyped SVG maps of all 64 Bangladesh districts (মানচিত্র = map) — drop a district map into a React dashboard without a tile server or a GIS stack.MITBD-based
Geofabrik Bangladesh extractRegularly updated OpenStreetMap extract for Bangladesh in shapefile, GeoJSON and other formats — the standard starting point for local OSM work without planet-file machinery.ODbL (OpenStreetMap data)BD org / for-BD
OpenStreetMap BangladeshCommunity hub for Bangladesh mapping efforts and import coordination — where to find the mappers and the conventions before you build on OSM data.CC-BY-SA (wiki)BD org / for-BD
Road Network Growth ModelResearch code and figures for a paper forecasting road-network growth by class, with Bangladesh (plus Brazil, Nigeria) case studies to 2050.CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0BD-based
Field ShiftCrop-rotation planner for Bangladeshi farmers using NASA POWER and GPM IMERG satellite data, ranking rotations with reasons shown in Bangla.Apache-2.0BD-based
Outrun DhakaBrowser arcade racer through 15 Dhaka districts with landmarks, rickshaws and monsoon weather; art, music and engines generated in code.MITBD-based
Metro Station FinderNext.js app that shows the nearest Dhaka MRT metro station to any location, with distance and fare calculation between stations — "Finding the closest metro station in Dhaka was a real headache... quickly showing the closest metro station and how far it is just by entering a location." Deployed on GitHub Pages..⚠ No licence fileBD-based
UHI Local Climate Zones — DhakaGeoTIFF Local Climate Zone maps for Dhaka (plus Kampala and San Salvador) for 2016 and 2023, from a published urban-heat-island study — "The geospatial data associated with the study (i.e., LCZ maps for 2016 and 2023, for Dhaka, Kampala, and San Salvador) are stored as GeoTIFs" — lcz_bd_dhaka_2016/2023_30m.zip..CC0-1.0BD-based
The canonical administrative-boundary dataset with lat/long included. When a delivery app, a disaster map or a government dashboard needs division-district-upazila-union data, this is where the import usually starts — and where the rest of this table's datasets trace their ancestry.
All 4,540 unions with p-codes and 2022 census population in one repository — union-level granularity with population data attached is rare even in official sources, and here it ships with cleanly licensed boundary layers.
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