This data was generated from randomly selected square patches from the extents of a high-resolution Worldview3 satellite image (2023) for the Ashaiman district, Accra, Ghana. The patches were digitised by an expert in the fields of cartography, surveying, and GIS. This purpose of creating this dataset is to have a representative sample of patches, which was used for subsequent on-screen digitising of 2803 buildings polygons.