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measurement_id stringlengths 11 11	latitude float64 4.72 12.1	longitude float64 3.26 8.98	city stringclasses 15 values	operator stringclasses 4 values	network_type stringclasses 4 values	signal_strength_dbm int64 -105 -50	coverage_quality stringclasses 4 values	download_speed_mbps float64 0.1 100	upload_speed_mbps float64 0.05 50	latency_ms int64 10 200	tower_id stringlengths 8 8	distance_to_tower_km float64 0.1 10	indoor_outdoor stringclasses 2 values
COV00000001	8.993513	7.380306	Abuja	MTN	4G	-84	excellent	31.58	8.09	12	ABU-4797	0.36	indoor
COV00000002	9.928355	8.894921	Jos	MTN	3G	-90	good	1.62	0.24	107	JOS-4195	9.2	outdoor
COV00000003	9.906466	8.954852	Jos	9mobile	4G	-87	good	86.46	9.92	11	JOS-8986	0.44	indoor
COV00000004	6.510442	3.340011	Lagos	9mobile	4G	-84	good	82.4	45.09	17	LAG-3454	9.81	outdoor
COV00000005	5.547216	5.838587	Warri	Glo	3G	-90	good	2.12	1.21	198	WAR-9347	9.43	indoor
COV00000006	12.017327	8.506885	Kano	9mobile	4G	-69	good	60.48	31.74	25	KAN-8912	1.07	outdoor
COV00000007	6.520401	3.286428	Lagos	MTN	4G	-83	good	25.5	47.79	23	LAG-9355	2.85	outdoor
COV00000008	4.861315	8.415773	Calabar	Glo	3G	-82	fair	3.73	0.96	184	CAL-5395	6.3	indoor
COV00000009	9.91653	8.918086	Jos	9mobile	4G	-79	good	33.37	19.41	23	JOS-9814	2.48	outdoor
COV00000010	7.074248	3.440142	Abeokuta	9mobile	4G	-92	fair	92.26	3.78	17	ABE-1716	0.95	outdoor
COV00000011	10.456396	7.443592	Kaduna	9mobile	4G	-80	good	70.52	2.05	37	KAD-1456	4.67	indoor
COV00000012	7.459852	4.02196	Ibadan	Airtel	4G	-71	poor	47.19	5.37	41	IBA-4064	3.62	outdoor
COV00000013	7.392854	4.043461	Ibadan	Glo	4G	-66	good	85.24	28.03	16	IBA-3185	0.59	outdoor
COV00000014	4.984443	8.253461	Calabar	Airtel	4G	-70	good	75.24	33.4	39	CAL-7141	6.76	indoor
COV00000015	6.531602	7.456313	Enugu	MTN	4G	-91	good	62.34	24.5	27	ENU-9736	2.48	outdoor
COV00000016	8.451006	4.47597	Ilorin	MTN	4G	-77	fair	82.45	20.29	47	ILO-2156	9.83	indoor
COV00000017	5.540683	5.650404	Warri	Glo	4G	-94	poor	2.33	42.84	26	WAR-9655	3.94	outdoor
COV00000018	9.977294	8.785268	Jos	Glo	4G	-64	fair	36.67	47.79	23	JOS-7564	6.62	outdoor
COV00000019	9.990294	8.890073	Jos	9mobile	3G	-93	poor	0.44	0.13	174	JOS-3701	9.43	outdoor
COV00000020	8.983949	7.444376	Abuja	Airtel	4G	-94	good	68.74	47.38	44	ABU-5966	7.51	outdoor
COV00000021	7.143895	3.357638	Abeokuta	MTN	4G	-66	fair	83.6	27.67	49	ABE-4330	1.53	outdoor
COV00000022	6.201542	6.735909	Onitsha	Glo	4G	-93	good	51.6	22.72	11	ONI-7923	5.52	outdoor
COV00000023	6.323168	5.702569	Benin City	Airtel	4G	-65	excellent	83.36	18.02	33	BEN-5069	3.11	indoor
COV00000024	5.03556	8.334747	Calabar	9mobile	4G	-66	excellent	30.23	7.29	14	CAL-2855	8.94	outdoor
COV00000025	8.59278	4.470314	Ilorin	9mobile	3G	-98	fair	1.97	1.94	121	ILO-1069	0.12	outdoor
COV00000026	10.006117	8.922883	Jos	Airtel	4G	-94	fair	57.02	17.6	29	JOS-8630	4.17	outdoor
COV00000027	8.990549	7.324461	Abuja	9mobile	4G	-85	excellent	62.27	25.78	47	ABU-5820	3.44	outdoor
COV00000028	11.928934	8.643645	Kano	MTN	4G	-82	good	33.18	45.01	15	KAN-8698	2.82	outdoor
COV00000029	5.557564	5.740073	Warri	9mobile	4G	-81	good	55.43	4.65	34	WAR-5725	8.41	outdoor
COV00000030	4.791888	7.10909	Port Harcourt	Airtel	5G	-52	good	36.95	24.6	43	POR-9645	5.52	indoor
COV00000031	4.895901	8.41782	Calabar	9mobile	4G	-70	excellent	25.66	34.67	18	CAL-8890	0.16	indoor
COV00000032	5.452992	5.798432	Warri	9mobile	3G	-100	fair	1.46	0.66	154	WAR-1803	0.77	indoor
COV00000033	5.490444	5.704461	Warri	Airtel	4G	-67	poor	11.42	44.77	27	WAR-2826	7.5	outdoor
COV00000034	5.149952	7.371881	Aba	Airtel	4G	-66	excellent	70.77	45.21	18	ABA-1303	3.08	indoor
COV00000035	4.799373	6.957919	Port Harcourt	MTN	4G	-65	good	32.21	40.13	30	POR-6664	0.21	outdoor
COV00000036	5.548459	5.690747	Warri	MTN	4G	-71	good	4.13	47.55	26	WAR-6513	1.96	outdoor
COV00000037	5.561232	5.795189	Warri	MTN	4G	-75	good	57.25	6.57	32	WAR-1283	4.32	outdoor
COV00000038	7.30236	4.031481	Ibadan	MTN	3G	-93	good	1.01	0.57	69	IBA-9241	7.63	indoor
COV00000039	5.03915	8.275949	Calabar	Glo	2G	-96	fair	1.04	0.69	78	CAL-3417	3.17	indoor
COV00000040	5.542319	5.75253	Warri	Glo	3G	-82	poor	4.27	0.22	94	WAR-4561	5.33	indoor
COV00000041	4.820384	7.03398	Port Harcourt	Airtel	3G	-93	good	4.33	1.3	178	POR-7820	7.16	indoor
COV00000042	11.962776	8.614874	Kano	9mobile	4G	-68	good	13.09	22.32	43	KAN-2743	4.51	outdoor
COV00000043	5.01274	8.32368	Calabar	Glo	3G	-90	good	4.42	0.67	149	CAL-9254	3.13	outdoor
COV00000044	9.858293	8.831814	Jos	Glo	3G	-78	poor	1.22	0.72	134	JOS-6975	3.66	outdoor
COV00000045	6.204146	6.701096	Onitsha	9mobile	4G	-72	excellent	16.71	46.58	41	ONI-5921	6.34	outdoor
COV00000046	9.037702	7.436653	Abuja	Airtel	3G	-70	good	4.26	0.91	155	ABU-8955	8.42	outdoor
COV00000047	6.114405	6.855148	Onitsha	9mobile	4G	-89	excellent	85.87	36.26	45	ONI-2967	7.15	outdoor
COV00000048	5.441188	5.822126	Warri	9mobile	4G	-87	good	20.94	2.58	19	WAR-8965	2.81	outdoor
COV00000049	6.117444	6.831752	Onitsha	9mobile	4G	-64	fair	67.2	40.96	38	ONI-2290	3.16	indoor
COV00000050	7.217889	3.321991	Abeokuta	Airtel	4G	-75	poor	10.69	1.65	26	ABE-3139	1.17	outdoor
COV00000051	12.065592	8.524232	Kano	Airtel	3G	-70	poor	3.06	0.11	176	KAN-8786	8.72	indoor
COV00000052	6.240297	6.690384	Onitsha	Airtel	4G	-70	fair	7.1	18.18	37	ONI-4417	9.36	outdoor
COV00000053	9.868913	8.805465	Jos	Glo	4G	-76	fair	49.73	15.38	39	JOS-1686	2.09	indoor
COV00000054	9.880423	8.826256	Jos	9mobile	3G	-90	poor	1.91	0.35	54	JOS-7695	8.94	outdoor
COV00000055	6.245935	5.586097	Benin City	9mobile	4G	-77	poor	26.68	40.25	25	BEN-9087	4.97	outdoor
COV00000056	10.013316	8.854917	Jos	Glo	4G	-61	excellent	98.81	36.68	26	JOS-1045	5.57	indoor
COV00000057	4.959755	8.343371	Calabar	MTN	4G	-60	excellent	20.76	42.84	41	CAL-9761	5.16	indoor
COV00000058	6.575043	3.365374	Lagos	Glo	3G	-95	fair	4.13	0.75	82	LAG-9680	2.96	outdoor
COV00000059	6.077689	6.696832	Onitsha	9mobile	3G	-96	poor	0.8	0.88	194	ONI-8170	5.29	outdoor
COV00000060	4.776692	7.051285	Port Harcourt	9mobile	3G	-86	good	1.54	1.06	94	POR-1249	4.02	outdoor
COV00000061	9.990321	8.868137	Jos	MTN	4G	-67	poor	96.38	11.36	20	JOS-3528	1.1	outdoor
COV00000062	9.001044	7.439519	Abuja	MTN	2G	-87	fair	2.6	1.14	162	ABU-2696	0.57	outdoor
COV00000063	6.480127	3.316434	Lagos	9mobile	3G	-91	fair	2.36	0.36	77	LAG-2276	9.94	outdoor
COV00000064	5.178716	7.298337	Aba	Glo	3G	-73	good	2.7	0.57	184	ABA-6050	3.13	outdoor
COV00000065	6.575847	7.509661	Enugu	MTN	3G	-89	fair	0.28	0.56	146	ENU-7720	2.15	outdoor
COV00000066	9.049934	7.394973	Abuja	Glo	3G	-73	good	1	1.76	116	ABU-5972	5.13	indoor
COV00000067	4.939584	8.398487	Calabar	Glo	4G	-64	good	9.15	25.2	44	CAL-1481	7.96	outdoor
COV00000068	5.11271	7.296149	Aba	Glo	4G	-83	good	53.99	22.99	13	ABA-8293	9.67	indoor
COV00000069	6.385491	5.517733	Benin City	Airtel	4G	-68	poor	67.64	16.43	32	BEN-5897	4	indoor
COV00000070	9.084653	7.451997	Abuja	Airtel	3G	-73	good	4.26	1.85	92	ABU-2852	6.09	indoor
COV00000071	4.876223	7.067408	Port Harcourt	9mobile	4G	-75	good	89.89	11.82	30	POR-8784	3.84	indoor
COV00000072	7.151259	3.316955	Abeokuta	9mobile	5G	-67	excellent	85.6	41.64	30	ABE-6005	6.34	indoor
COV00000073	8.431192	4.457685	Ilorin	Glo	4G	-86	good	92.27	18.83	20	ILO-8784	8.61	outdoor
COV00000074	6.602628	7.576857	Enugu	Glo	3G	-83	poor	4.56	0.68	110	ENU-3876	2.07	outdoor
COV00000075	10.522547	7.466791	Kaduna	Glo	5G	-66	good	16.87	28.85	47	KAD-3628	5.77	indoor
COV00000076	10.521435	7.327	Kaduna	Airtel	4G	-89	good	18.86	3.69	45	KAD-1421	0.13	outdoor
COV00000077	6.580531	3.381725	Lagos	Glo	3G	-80	fair	4.34	1.48	59	LAG-3321	0.13	indoor
COV00000078	6.293899	5.553659	Benin City	MTN	3G	-90	fair	1.41	1.56	76	BEN-6256	8.41	outdoor
COV00000079	7.160938	3.296297	Abeokuta	MTN	3G	-98	poor	3.28	1.41	54	ABE-9973	7.51	indoor
COV00000080	6.189376	6.773135	Onitsha	Glo	4G	-93	good	45.82	36.69	36	ONI-6967	9.19	indoor
COV00000081	10.60432	7.476928	Kaduna	9mobile	3G	-88	fair	4.33	1.39	185	KAD-3710	6.05	indoor
COV00000082	7.425226	3.853162	Ibadan	Airtel	4G	-76	good	91.22	10.46	12	IBA-8448	4.45	outdoor
COV00000083	9.87673	8.944889	Jos	Glo	4G	-86	poor	75.42	10.6	22	JOS-8689	1.17	outdoor
COV00000084	4.871425	7.011275	Port Harcourt	9mobile	3G	-96	fair	0.7	0.12	111	POR-9325	7.45	indoor
COV00000085	6.24518	6.753637	Onitsha	Airtel	3G	-93	poor	0.52	1.48	64	ONI-9937	0.7	indoor
COV00000086	4.935908	8.413267	Calabar	Airtel	3G	-98	poor	0.86	0.5	116	CAL-1503	9.55	outdoor
COV00000087	4.861994	6.982786	Port Harcourt	9mobile	2G	-84	poor	1.37	1.51	90	POR-6509	5.62	outdoor
COV00000088	6.567304	3.378084	Lagos	Glo	3G	-93	poor	3.91	1.28	171	LAG-5575	4.37	outdoor
COV00000089	6.550445	3.408936	Lagos	Glo	4G	-89	excellent	53.23	37.09	41	LAG-1326	3.85	indoor
COV00000090	6.537685	7.523097	Enugu	Glo	4G	-84	excellent	38.32	8.24	26	ENU-3136	5.19	outdoor
COV00000091	8.408055	4.500724	Ilorin	9mobile	4G	-92	good	88.17	36.45	25	ILO-2568	2.15	outdoor
COV00000092	9.098145	7.429591	Abuja	MTN	4G	-92	excellent	92.83	32.59	20	ABU-5404	1.92	indoor
COV00000093	6.545884	7.446388	Enugu	MTN	2G	-85	fair	4.61	1.93	147	ENU-3604	2.17	indoor
COV00000094	6.113652	6.733179	Onitsha	MTN	4G	-71	good	88.65	24.06	13	ONI-9945	0.17	outdoor
COV00000095	10.50279	7.366715	Kaduna	Airtel	4G	-91	good	60.16	26.79	31	KAD-1955	3.93	outdoor
COV00000096	5.032923	7.380463	Aba	Airtel	4G	-67	good	64.87	27.87	49	ABA-7631	2.95	outdoor
COV00000097	12.095167	8.65992	Kano	Glo	4G	-76	fair	60.53	38.56	47	KAN-1276	9.84	outdoor
COV00000098	4.763115	6.951475	Port Harcourt	MTN	4G	-67	fair	52.76	1.08	40	POR-8156	0.41	outdoor
COV00000099	6.531176	7.432256	Enugu	9mobile	4G	-91	poor	51.18	23.27	35	ENU-6359	6.21	outdoor
COV00000100	6.289545	5.666289	Benin City	Airtel	3G	-93	good	3.55	0.98	160	BEN-6901	5.99	outdoor

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Coverage Maps and Signal Strength Data

Dataset Description

Geo-tagged network quality measurements across Nigeria

Dataset Information

Category: Geospatial and Mobility
Format: CSV, Parquet
Rows: 200,000
Columns: 14
Date Generated: 2025-10-05
Location: data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data/

Schema

Column	Type	Sample Values
`measurement_id`	String	COV00000001
`latitude`	Float	8.993513
`longitude`	Float	7.380306
`city`	String	Abuja
`operator`	String	MTN
`network_type`	String	4G
`signal_strength_dbm`	Integer	-84
`coverage_quality`	String	excellent
`download_speed_mbps`	Float	31.58
`upload_speed_mbps`	Float	8.09
`latency_ms`	Integer	12
`tower_id`	String	ABU-4797
`distance_to_tower_km`	Float	0.36
`indoor_outdoor`	String	indoor

Sample Data

measurement_id  latitude  longitude  city operator network_type  signal_strength_dbm coverage_quality  download_speed_mbps  upload_speed_mbps  latency_ms tower_id  distance_to_tower_km indoor_outdoor
   COV00000001  8.993513   7.380306 Abuja      MTN           4G                  -84        excellent                31.58               8.09          12 ABU-4797                  0.36         indoor
   COV00000002  9.928355   8.894921   Jos      MTN           3G                  -90             good                 1.62               0.24         107 JOS-4195                  9.20        outdoor
   COV00000003  9.906466   8.954852   Jos  9mobile           4G                  -87             good                86.46               9.92          11 JOS-8986                  0.44         indoor

Nigerian Context

This dataset incorporates authentic Nigerian telecommunications characteristics:

Geographic Coverage: Major Nigerian cities including Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, Ibadan
Operators: MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile with realistic market shares
Phone Numbers: Nigerian format (+234 prefixes)
Currency: Nigerian Naira (NGN)
Time Zone: West Africa Time (WAT, UTC+1)
Network Types: 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G distribution

File Formats

CSV

data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data.csv

Parquet (Recommended)

data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data.parquet

Loading the Dataset

Python (Pandas)

import pandas as pd

# Load CSV
df = pd.read_csv('data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data.csv')

# Load Parquet (recommended for large datasets)
df = pd.read_parquet('data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data.parquet')

Python (PyArrow)

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

# Load Parquet
table = pq.read_table('data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data/coverage_maps_and_signal_strength_data.parquet')
df = table.to_pandas()

License

MIT License - For educational and research purposes

Citation

Nigerian Telecom Datasets - Coverage Maps and Signal Strength Data
Generated: 2025-10-05
Category: Geospatial and Mobility
Rows: 200,000

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