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GIS data sources for every country

Spin the globe and pick a territory to see where to get its boundaries, elevation, imagery, census statistics and more. Every link is checked automatically and each source lists its licence and formats.

237 countries and territories, 2,471 national sources and 127 global datasets. 2,455 links verified on .

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Click a country on the globe, search above, or start with one of the largest catalogues: United Kingdom , United States , Australia , South Africa or Japan .

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237 countries and territories

Africa 56

Asia 52

Europe 50

North America 38

South America 14

Oceania 24

Antarctica 3

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Global datasets

Worldwide and continental layers that work for any territory: elevation, satellite imagery, land cover, population, OpenStreetMap and more.

  • Allen Coral Atlas (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Arizona State University · Tropical reefs

    Global shallow coral-reef geomorphic zones and benthic habitat maps at 5 m from Planet imagery, plus bleaching monitoring.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoJSON, GeoTIFF, Shapefile
    Link
    allencoralatlas.org

    Verified

  • ALOS World 3D 30 m (AW3D30) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    JAXA · Global

    30 m digital surface model from PRISM stereo imagery (2006–2011), version 4.1; free registration required to download tiles.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Free use incl. commercial (JAXA AW3D30 terms; registration)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    eorc.jaxa.jp

    Verified

  • AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embeddings (annual, COG mirror) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Google and Google DeepMind (mirror by Taylor Geospatial on Source Cooperative) · Global

    64-dimensional annual embeddings at 10 m from the AlphaEarth Foundations geospatial foundation model, 2017 to 2025, as int8 COGs by UTM zone; no login needed. Use the provided VRTs, because the COGs are stored bottom-up. Attribution: The AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embedding dataset is produced by Google and Google DeepMind.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    COG, VRT
    Link
    source.coop

    Verified

  • Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    World Resources Institute · Global

    Riverine and coastal flood depth maps for return periods from 2 to 1,000 years, at about 1 km, for present and future climates.

    • Natural hazards
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    wri.org

    Verified

  • ARCO-ERA5 (analysis-ready, cloud-optimised ERA5) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Google Research · Global

    ERA5 reanalysis (hourly, 0.25°, 1940 onwards) as Zarr stores in the public Google Cloud bucket gs://gcp-public-data-arco-era5; open with xarray and gcsfs without a Copernicus account.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Zarr
    Link
    github.com

    Verified

  • ArcticDEM (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Polar Geospatial Center (University of Minnesota) · Arctic (north of 60°N)

    2 m stereo-derived surface models of all land north of 60°N, as time-stamped strips and 2 m/10 m/32 m mosaics; also on AWS.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (except Alaska data from June 2022)
    Formats
    COG, GeoTIFF, STAC
    Link
    pgc.umn.edu

    Verified

  • Registry of Open Data on AWS (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Amazon Web Services · Global

    Directory of 600+ public datasets in S3 (Sentinel, Landsat, NAIP, Copernicus DEM, ERA5, NOAA), free to access without an account.

    • Open data portal
    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Per dataset
    Formats
    COG, Zarr, NetCDF, GeoParquet
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • BBBike custom OSM extracts (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    BBBike.org · Global

    Draw any polygon and get OpenStreetMap data in 30+ formats by e-mail link, usually within minutes; areas up to 24 million km².

    • Transport
    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Garmin
    Link
    extract.bbbike.org

    Verified

  • CHELSA climatologies (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL · Global

    Downscaled 30 arc-second (about 1 km) monthly temperature and precipitation, bioclimatic variables and CMIP6 futures.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, COG
    Link
    chelsa-climate.org

    Verified

  • CHIRPS rainfall (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara · Quasi-global (50°S–50°N)

    Daily to monthly rainfall at 0.05° (about 5 km) for 50°S–50°N since 1981, blending satellite and station data; widely used for drought.

    • Climate & weather
    • Agriculture & soils
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, NetCDF, BIL
    Link
    chc.ucsb.edu

    Verified

  • Copernicus Atmosphere Data Store (CAMS) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    ECMWF / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service · Global

    Air quality, aerosol and greenhouse-gas reanalyses and forecasts, globally at about 40–80 km and for Europe at 10 km; free account.

    • Climate & weather
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (most datasets; see each)
    Formats
    NetCDF, GRIB
    Link
    ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Copernicus Climate Data Store (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    ECMWF (Copernicus) · Global

    ERA5 reanalysis, seasonal forecasts and CMIP6 projections with a Python API (cdsapi); free ECMWF account needed.

    • Climate & weather
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (most datasets; see each)
    Formats
    NetCDF, GRIB
    Link
    cds.climate.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    European Space Agency / European Commission · Global

    Official free access to the full Sentinel-1, -2, -3 and -5P archives (10–300 m) with STAC, OData, openEO and S3 APIs; free account needed for downloads.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Land cover
    Licence
    Copernicus open licence (free, full and open; attribution)
    Formats
    SAFE, COG, STAC, OData
    Link
    dataspace.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Copernicus DEM (GLO-30 / GLO-90) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    ESA / Airbus (Copernicus) · Global

    Global 30 m (GLO-30) and 90 m (GLO-90) digital surface model from TanDEM-X (2011–2015) as Cloud Optimised GeoTIFFs on AWS; used in our raster tutorials.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Copernicus DEM licence (free, incl. commercial; attribution)
    Formats
    COG
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • Copernicus Emergency Management Service: rapid mapping (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission (Copernicus EMS) · Activation areas worldwide

    Delineation and grading maps for floods, fires, earthquakes and storms since 2012, with vector downloads per activation.

    • Natural hazards
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Copernicus EMS licence (free; attribution)
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage, PDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Copernicus Global Dynamic Land Cover (CGLS-LC100) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Copernicus Land Monitoring Service · Global

    Annual 100 m global land cover 2015–2019 with discrete classes plus cover fractions for each class.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    Copernicus open licence (free, full and open; attribution)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    land.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    European Environment Agency · Europe

    CORINE Land Cover (1990–2018), Urban Atlas, high-resolution layers, EU-DEM and global vegetation products; free login for some downloads.

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Copernicus open licence (free, full and open; attribution)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, GeoPackage
    Link
    land.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Copernicus Marine Service (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    Mercator Ocean International (Copernicus) · Global

    Ocean physics and biogeochemistry (temperature, currents, sea level, chlorophyll) as global analyses, forecasts and reanalyses; free account.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Copernicus Marine licence (free; registration)
    Formats
    NetCDF, Zarr, API
    Link
    data.marine.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • data.europa.eu (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Publications Office of the EU · Europe

    The official portal for European open data; since 2026 it also hosts the INSPIRE geospatial datasets formerly in the INSPIRE Geoportal.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Per dataset
    Link
    data.europa.eu

    Verified

  • Digital Earth Africa (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Digital Earth Africa · Africa

    Analysis-ready Landsat and Sentinel data for Africa plus derived products (water observations, cropland extent, coastlines) on AWS.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Hydrology
    • Agriculture & soils
    Licence
    Free and open (most products CC BY 4.0)
    Formats
    COG, STAC, WMS
    Link
    digitalearthafrica.org

    Verified

  • Dynamic World (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Google / World Resources Institute · Global

    Near-real-time 10 m land-use/land-cover probabilities for every Sentinel-2 scene since 2015, served through Google Earth Engine.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    dynamicworld.app

    Verified

  • Earth Search STAC API (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Element 84 · Global

    Free, no-login STAC search over Sentinel-2 L2A COGs, Landsat Collection 2, Sentinel-1 GRD and Copernicus DEM on AWS; used in our Lake Mead tutorial.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Per collection (Sentinel: Copernicus open licence; Landsat: public domain)
    Formats
    COG, STAC
    Link
    earth-search.aws.element84.com

    Verified

  • EEA Datahub (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Environment Agency · Europe

    European environmental datasets: Natura 2000, water bodies (WISE), noise, air quality, emissions and the EEA reference grid.

    • Environment
    • Land cover
    • Hydrology
    • Open data portal
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (EEA reuse policy; most datasets)
    Formats
    GeoPackage, Shapefile, GeoTIFF, WMS
    Link
    eea.europa.eu

    Verified

  • EM-DAT international disaster database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    CRED, UCLouvain · Global

    Records of 26,000+ natural and technological disasters since 1900 with deaths, people affected and losses by country.

    • Natural hazards
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    Free for non-commercial use (registration)
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    emdat.be

    Verified

  • EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data Network) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission (DG MARE) · European seas

    European seas bathymetry (about 115 m DTM), seabed habitats, geology, human activities and chemistry from one portal.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Environment
    Licence
    Free and open (EMODnet; mostly CC BY 4.0)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, NetCDF, Shapefile, WMS, WFS
    Link
    emodnet.ec.europa.eu

    Verified

  • EOxCloudless Sentinel-2 mosaics (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Mixed

    EOX IT Services · Global

    Cloud-free 10 m true-colour Sentinel-2 mosaics of the whole world for each year since 2016, as free WMTS basemaps.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (2016 mosaic); CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (2018 and later)
    Formats
    WMTS, WMS, GeoTIFF
    Link
    cloudless.eox.at

    Verified

  • ERA5 reanalysis (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    ECMWF / Copernicus Climate Change Service · Global

    Hourly global climate variables at 0.25° (about 31 km) from 1940 to within a few days of today; ERA5-Land gives 0.1° over land.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    NetCDF, GRIB
    Link
    cds.climate.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • ESA CCI Land Cover (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative · Global

    Consistent annual 300 m global land cover maps from 1992 onwards in 22 UN-LCCS classes, continued by the C3S service.

    • Land cover
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Free and open (ESA CCI data policy; attribution)
    Formats
    NetCDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    climate.esa.int

    Verified

  • ESA WorldCover (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Space Agency · Global

    10 m global land cover in 11 classes for 2020 (v100) and 2021 (v200) from Sentinel-1 and -2; also mirrored on AWS and Planetary Computer.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    COG
    Link
    esa-worldcover.org

    Verified

  • Esri / Impact Observatory 10 m Land Use Land Cover (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Esri / Impact Observatory / Microsoft · Global

    Annual 10 m global land use/land cover in 9 classes from Sentinel-2, 2017 onwards; download by UTM zone tile.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, COG
    Link
    livingatlas.arcgis.com

    Verified

  • ETH Global Canopy Height 2020 (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    ETH Zurich (EcoVision Lab) · Global

    Global 10 m canopy top height for 2020 from Sentinel-2 and GEDI lidar with a deep learning ensemble (Lang et al., 2023), with per-pixel uncertainty; also in Google Earth Engine.

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    COG, GeoTIFF
    Link
    langnico.github.io

    Verified

  • ETOPO 2022 Global Relief Model (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    NOAA NCEI · Global

    Seamless land and ocean relief at 15 arc-seconds, 30 arc-seconds and 60 arc-seconds, with ice-surface and bedrock versions.

    • Elevation / DEM
    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, NetCDF
    Link
    ncei.noaa.gov

    Verified

  • Open Maps for Europe (EuroGlobalMap, EuroRegionalMap) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    EuroGeographics · Europe

    Pan-European topographic and administrative boundary data at 1:1M (EuroGlobalMap) and 1:250k from national mapping agencies.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Transport
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, Shapefile, GML
    Link
    mapsforeurope.org

    Verified

  • Eurostat GISCO (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission (Eurostat) · Europe

    NUTS regions, LAU, countries, coastlines and 1 km population grids for Europe at scales from 1:1M to 1:60M.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    Eurostat reuse policy (free, attribution; EuroGeographics restrictions on some boundaries)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    ec.europa.eu

    Verified

  • LUCAS Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission (Eurostat) · Europe

    Field survey of land cover and land use at hundreds of thousands of geolocated points across the EU every three years since 2006, with landscape photos and topsoil samples; widely used as reference data to train and validate land cover maps.

    • Land cover
    • Agriculture & soils
    • Environment
    Licence
    Eurostat reuse policy (free, attribution)
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    ec.europa.eu

    Verified

  • FABDEM (Forest And Buildings removed Copernicus DEM) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    University of Bristol / Fathom · Global

    Bare-earth 30 m DTM made by removing trees and buildings from Copernicus GLO-30 (v1-2); popular for flood modelling, non-commercial only.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    research-information.bris.ac.uk

    Verified

  • FAO Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN · Global

    Over 1 million FAO geospatial layers (soils, crops, water productivity WaPOR, land cover, livestock) with map viewer and catalogue.

    • Agriculture & soils
    • Land cover
    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Per dataset (mostly CC BY 4.0)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, Shapefile, WMS, API
    Link
    data.apps.fao.org

    Verified

  • FAOSTAT (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN · Global

    Country-level statistics on crops, livestock, land use, emissions and trade for 245 countries since 1961.

    • Agriculture & soils
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    CSV, API
    Link
    fao.org

    Verified

  • GADM (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    GADM project · Global

    Administrative areas for every country (version 4.1), down to level 5 in places; redistribution and commercial use are not allowed without permission.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Free for academic and non-commercial use only (GADM licence)
    Formats
    GeoPackage, Shapefile, GeoJSON
    Link
    gadm.org

    Verified

  • GAEZ v4 (Global Agro-Ecological Zones) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    FAO / IIASA · Global

    Crop suitability, attainable yields and yield gaps for 50+ crops at 5 arc-minutes (about 9 km) under current and future climates.

    • Agriculture & soils
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    gaez.fao.org

    Verified

  • GBIF occurrence API (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    Global Biodiversity Information Facility · Global

    More than 3 billion species occurrence records with coordinates; large downloads via the API need a free GBIF account.

    • Environment
    Licence
    Per record (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-NC)
    Formats
    CSV, JSON, Darwin Core Archive, API
    Link
    techdocs.gbif.org

    Verified

  • GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    European Commission JRC / UN OCHA · Global

    Automatic alerts and impact estimates for earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes and droughts, with event shapes.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See GDACS terms (free; attribution)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, RSS, API
    Link
    gdacs.org

    Verified

  • GEBCO gridded bathymetry (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    GEBCO / IHO / IOC · Global

    Global terrain model for ocean and land at 15 arc-second (about 450 m) resolution, updated annually; download by area as GeoTIFF or NetCDF.

    • Elevation / DEM
    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    Public domain (GEBCO terms; attribution requested)
    Formats
    NetCDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    gebco.net

    Verified

  • GEM Global Seismic Hazard Map (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation · Global

    Peak ground acceleration with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, from a mosaic of regional hazard models (2023 version).

    • Natural hazards
    • Geology
    Licence
    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, Shapefile
    Link
    globalquakemodel.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab · Global

    Open, attributable ADM0–ADM5 boundaries for 200+ countries with a simple API; the gbOpen release is licensed for commercial use.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 / ODbL (per boundary)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

  • Geofabrik downloads (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik · Global

    Daily OpenStreetMap extracts by continent, country and region as .osm.pbf, plus free Shapefile layers for smaller regions.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile
    Link
    download.geofabrik.de

    Verified

  • Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCNd) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    NOAA NCEI · Global

    Quality-controlled daily temperature, precipitation and snow observations from over 100,000 stations in 180 countries.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, Parquet
    Link
    ncei.noaa.gov

    Verified

  • Global Fishing Watch datasets (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Global Fishing Watch · Global

    Apparent fishing effort, vessel presence and SAR vessel detections from AIS and Sentinel-1 at 0.01°; free account and API token.

    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    Non-commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0 for most datasets)
    Formats
    CSV, API
    Link
    globalfishingwatch.org

    Verified

  • Global Flood Database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Cloud to Street / Dartmouth Flood Observatory · Global

    Satellite-observed extents of 913 large floods (2000–2018) from MODIS at 250 m, with population exposed.

    • Natural hazards
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    global-flood-database.cloudtostreet.ai

    Verified

  • Global Forest Watch Open Data Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    World Resources Institute · Global

    Downloads of tree-cover loss and gain, deforestation alerts, fires and land-use layers; the GFW map itself now lives at Global Nature Watch.

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (most datasets; see each)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, Shapefile
    Link
    data.globalforestwatch.org

    Verified

  • Global Human Settlement Layer (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission JRC · Global

    Built-up surface, building height, population grids (GHS-POP) and degree of urbanisation from 1975 to 2030 at 10 m–1 km.

    • Population
    • Buildings
    • Land cover
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Global Mangrove Watch (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Global Mangrove Alliance / Aberystwyth University / JAXA · Tropical and subtropical coasts

    Mangrove extent and change maps 1996–2020 at 25 m from L-band SAR and Landsat, with country statistics.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, Shapefile
    Link
    globalmangrovewatch.org

    Verified

  • Global Solar Atlas (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Solargis / World Bank (ESMAP) · Global

    Long-term solar irradiation and photovoltaic potential at about 250 m, with per-country GIS downloads.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, CSV
    Link
    globalsolaratlas.info

    Verified

  • Global Wind Atlas (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (ESMAP) · Global

    Mean wind speed and power density at 250 m resolution and 10–200 m heights, with country and area downloads.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, CSV
    Link
    globalwindatlas.info

    Verified

  • Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Copernicus Emergency Management Service / ECMWF · Global

    Global river discharge forecasts to 30 days and historical reanalysis at 0.05°; data download via the Early Warning Data Store.

    • Hydrology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Copernicus EMS licence (free; attribution)
    Formats
    NetCDF, GRIB, WMS
    Link
    global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu

    Verified

  • Google Earth Engine Data Catalog (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Mixed

    Google · Global

    Catalogue of 1,000+ public raster and vector datasets; analysis runs in Earth Engine, which requires a registered Cloud project.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Per dataset; Earth Engine free for non-commercial use, paid for commercial
    Formats
    API, GeoTIFF
    Link
    developers.google.com

    Verified

  • Google Open Buildings (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Google Research · Global South

    About 1.8 bn building polygons (v3, 2023) with confidence scores for Africa, South and South-East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 or ODbL 1.0 (your choice)
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    sites.research.google

    Verified

  • Google Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Google Research · Global South

    Annual 4 m rasters of building presence, fractional count and height for 2016–2023 across the Global South, from Sentinel-2.

    • Buildings
    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    sites.research.google

    Verified

  • GPM IMERG precipitation (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center · Global

    Half-hourly satellite precipitation at 0.1° from 2000, in early, late and final runs; free Earthdata Login needed.

    • Climate & weather
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    HDF5, NetCDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    gpm.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    CIESIN, Columbia University / NASA SEDAC · Global

    Census-based population counts and density at 30 arc-seconds for 2000–2020, distributed without modelling covariates.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, NetCDF, ASCII
    Link
    earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Germany / WMO · Global

    Daily and monthly river discharge records from more than 10,000 gauging stations, some going back over 200 years.

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    GRDC terms of use and data policy (free; attribution)
    Formats
    CSV, NetCDF
    Link
    grdc.bafg.de

    Verified

  • GRIP global roads database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (GLOBIO) · Global

    Harmonised global road network (GRIP4, about 21 million km) from 60 sources, plus 5 arc-minute road density rasters by road type.

    • Transport
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoTIFF, File geodatabase
    Link
    globio.info

    Verified

  • Hansen Global Forest Change (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    University of Maryland GLAD / Google · Global

    Annual 30 m tree-cover loss from Landsat since 2001 plus 2000 tree cover, in 10° tiles (version 1.12, to 2024).

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    storage.googleapis.com

    Verified

  • HOT Export Tool (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team · Global

    Build custom OpenStreetMap exports by area and tag selection (roads, buildings, health facilities); free OSM login required.

    • Transport
    • Buildings
    • Open data portal
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, Shapefile, KML, PBF, CSV
    Link
    export.hotosm.org

    Verified

  • Humanitarian Data Exchange (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    UN OCHA · Global

    Humanitarian open data portal with 20,000+ datasets including OCHA common operational datasets (admin boundaries, population) for every crisis country.

    • Open data portal
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    Per dataset (mostly CC BY 4.0 / CC BY 3.0 IGO)
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • Harmonized World Soil Database v2.0 (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    FAO / IIASA · Global

    Harmonised global soil map at 30 arc-seconds (about 1 km) with soil properties for seven depth layers (2023).

    • Agriculture & soils
    • Geology
    Licence
    CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, MDB
    Link
    fao.org

    Verified

  • HydroBASINS (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS) · Global

    Nested watershed boundaries in 12 Pfafstetter levels, from continental basins down to sub-catchments of about 100–200 km².

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    HydroSHEDS licence (free use incl. commercial; attribution)
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    hydrosheds.org

    Verified

  • HydroLAKES (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS) · Global

    Shoreline polygons of 1.4 million lakes and reservoirs larger than 10 ha, with volume, depth and residence time estimates.

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    HydroSHEDS licence (free use incl. commercial; attribution)
    Formats
    Shapefile, File geodatabase
    Link
    hydrosheds.org

    Verified

  • HydroRIVERS (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS) · Global

    Vector network of 8.5 million river reaches with catchment areas over 10 km² and long-term discharge estimates.

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    HydroSHEDS licence (free use incl. commercial; attribution)
    Formats
    Shapefile, File geodatabase
    Link
    hydrosheds.org

    Verified

  • HydroSHEDS (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WWF / McGill University · Global

    Hydrologically conditioned elevation, flow direction and accumulation at 3–15 arc-seconds (about 90–500 m), the base of the Hydro* family.

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    HydroSHEDS licence (free use incl. commercial; attribution)
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoTIFF
    Link
    hydrosheds.org

    Verified

  • JRC Global Surface Water Explorer (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    European Commission Joint Research Centre / Google · Global

    30 m maps of where and when surface water occurred from 1984 onwards (occurrence, seasonality, change, transitions) from Landsat.

    • Hydrology
    • Land cover
    Licence
    Free, no restrictions (Copernicus programme); cite Pekel et al. 2016
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    global-surface-water.appspot.com

    Verified

  • Key Biodiversity Areas (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    KBA Partnership / BirdLife International · Global

    Boundaries of 16,000+ sites of global importance for biodiversity; request form, usually 5–10 working days.

    • Environment
    Licence
    Free for non-commercial use on request; commercial via IBAT
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    keybiodiversityareas.org

    Verified

  • Kontur Population (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Kontur · Global

    Global population on a 400 m H3 hexagon grid, combining GHSL, Meta HRSL, Microsoft buildings and OSM; per-country files on HDX.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • Landsat Missions (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    U.S. Geological Survey · Global

    30 m multispectral imagery since 1972 (Landsat 1–9); Collection 2 Level-2 surface reflectance is the usual starting point.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, COG
    Link
    usgs.gov

    Verified

  • LandScan Global (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Global

    Annual 30 arc-second (about 1 km) ambient (24-hour average) population since 2000; free account required to download.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    landscan.ornl.gov

    Verified

  • Macrostrat (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    University of Wisconsin–Madison · Global

    Harmonised global geological map compiled from 200+ sources, plus stratigraphic columns, as an API and vector tiles.

    • Geology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    API, Vector tiles
    Link
    macrostrat.org

    Verified

  • MapSPAM crop production maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    IFPRI · Global

    Harvested area, production and yield for 42–46 crops at 5 arc-minutes (about 10 km) for 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2020.

    • Agriculture & soils
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, CSV
    Link
    mapspam.info

    Verified

  • Marine Regions (maritime boundaries and EEZ) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) · Global

    Exclusive economic zones, territorial seas and IHO sea areas (Maritime Boundaries v12); not for legal use.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage, GeoJSON, WFS
    Link
    marineregions.org

    Verified

  • Maxar Open Data Program (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Maxar Technologies (Vantor) · Disaster areas worldwide

    Pre- and post-event very-high-resolution (about 30–50 cm) imagery for major disasters, released for humanitarian response.

    • Imagery
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0
    Formats
    COG, STAC
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • MERIT Hydro (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Yamazaki Lab, University of Tokyo · Global

    Global 3 arc-second (about 90 m) flow direction, flow accumulation, river width and HAND; free registration form for the password.

    • Hydrology
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0 or ODbL 1.0 (dual licence)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    global-hydrodynamics.github.io

    Verified

  • Meta High Resolution Population Density Maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Meta Data for Good / CIESIN · Global

    Population density at about 30 m with age/sex breakdowns for most countries, derived from building detection and census data (2015–2020).

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, CSV
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • High Resolution Canopy Height Maps (Meta and WRI) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Meta and World Resources Institute · Global

    Global 1 m canopy height map predicted from Maxar satellite imagery with a self-supervised vision transformer (Tolan et al., 2024); GeoTIFF tiles on AWS S3 with no login.

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    registry.opendata.aws

    Verified

  • Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Microsoft · Global

    About 1.4 bn machine-learned building footprints from Bing imagery (2014–2024) with height estimates in places, tiled by quadkey.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoJSON, CSV
    Link
    github.com

    Verified

  • Microsoft Planetary Computer (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Microsoft · Global

    Over 100 analysis-ready datasets (Sentinel, Landsat, NAIP, ERA5, land cover) behind a free STAC API; data access needs no account.

    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Environment
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Per dataset (mostly open; shown on each collection page)
    Formats
    COG, Zarr, STAC
    Link
    planetarycomputer.microsoft.com

    Verified

  • MODIS Land Cover Type (MCD12Q1) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    NASA / USGS LP DAAC · Global

    Annual 500 m global land cover since 2001 in several classification schemes (IGBP, UMD, LAI); good for long time series.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    HDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • NASA Earthdata Search (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free with registration

    NASA · Global

    Search and download the full NASA EOSDIS archive (MODIS, VIIRS, SRTM, ICESat-2, GEDI, SMAP); downloads need a free Earthdata Login.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Environment
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    HDF, NetCDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    search.earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • NASA FIRMS active fires (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    NASA LANCE · Global

    Near-real-time MODIS (1 km) and VIIRS (375 m) fire detections within 3 hours of overpass, with archive downloads; free map key for the API.

    • Natural hazards
    • Environment
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile, KML, API
    Link
    firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • EMIT imaging spectrometer and methane plumes (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Global (52°N to 52°S)

    Hyperspectral imaging spectrometer on the International Space Station; JPL publishes mineral dust maps, methane and CO2 enhancement images and a catalogue of detected plume complexes, with an interactive greenhouse gas data portal.

    • Climate & weather
    • Environment
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain
    Formats
    COG, NetCDF, GeoJSON
    Link
    earth.jpl.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • NASA POWER (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    NASA Langley Research Center · Global

    Daily solar radiation and meteorology for any point since 1981 at 0.5°, aimed at agriculture, buildings and renewable energy.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    CSV, JSON, NetCDF, API
    Link
    power.larc.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • NASA VEDA (Visualization, Exploration and Data Analysis) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    NASA · Global

    Open STAC catalogue and tiling API for NASA Earth science datasets, including EMIT methane enhancement, greenhouse gas fluxes, nighttime lights and air quality; no login needed, with a public dashboard at earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard.

    • Climate & weather
    • Environment
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Mostly CC0 / public domain (varies by dataset)
    Formats
    COG, Zarr
    Link
    openveda.cloud

    Verified

  • NASA Worldview (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    NASA EOSDIS · Global

    Daily global MODIS and VIIRS imagery within hours of capture, with 1,000+ layers back to 2000; ideal for fires, floods and dust.

    • Imagery
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, JPEG, KMZ
    Link
    worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • NASADEM (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    NASA JPL / LP DAAC · Global (60°N–56°S)

    Reprocessed SRTM (February 2000) at 1 arc-second (about 30 m) with fewer voids, 60°N–56°S; free Earthdata Login needed.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    HGT, NetCDF
    Link
    earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • Natural Earth (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Natural Earth · Global

    Small-scale cultural and physical vectors at 1:10m, 1:50m and 1:110m, ideal for overview maps; powers this page’s globe.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    naturalearthdata.com

    Verified

  • NCEI Natural Hazards (tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    NOAA NCEI · Global

    Historical databases of significant earthquakes, tsunami events and run-ups, and volcanic eruptions from 2150 BC to the present.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, TSV, API, WMS
    Link
    ncei.noaa.gov

    Verified

  • NOAA Optimum Interpolation SST (OISST) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    NOAA NCEI · Global

    Daily global sea-surface temperature at 0.25° since September 1981, blending satellite, ship and buoy data.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    NetCDF
    Link
    ncei.noaa.gov

    Verified

  • Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    UNESCO IOC · Global

    Over 100 million marine species occurrence records with an API and full exports; R package robis.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Environment
    Licence
    Per dataset (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-NC)
    Formats
    CSV, Parquet, API
    Link
    obis.org

    Verified

  • OCHA Common Operational Datasets (COD) dashboard (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    UN OCHA · Global

    Status and links for official COD-AB admin boundaries and COD-PS population tables endorsed for humanitarian use in 100+ countries.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    Licence
    Per dataset (mostly CC BY 3.0 IGO / CC BY 4.0)
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, CSV, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • OneGeology Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    OneGeology · Global

    Geological map services (1:1M and finer) from more than 100 national geological surveys in one web viewer.

    • Geology
    Licence
    Per provider (see each layer)
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    portal.onegeology.org

    Verified

  • OpenAddresses (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    OpenAddresses · Global

    Aggregated open address points from hundreds of national and local sources, downloadable by region after free sign-in.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    Per source (varies; many public domain or CC BY)
    Formats
    CSV, GeoJSON
    Link
    openaddresses.io

    Verified

  • OpenAerialMap (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team · Patchy worldwide

    Openly licensed drone and aerial imagery contributed by the community, often at a few centimetres resolution; coverage is patchy.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, TMS
    Link
    openaerialmap.org

    Verified

  • OpenAQ (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    OpenAQ · Global

    Air-quality measurements (PM2.5, PM10, NO₂, O₃) from government and research monitors in 100+ countries; free API key.

    • Environment
    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Per source (platform data CC BY 4.0)
    Formats
    CSV, JSON, API
    Link
    openaq.org

    Verified

  • OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    OpenStreetMap contributors · Global

    The free, editable map of the world, updated by the minute; query it with Overpass or OSMnx (see our OSMnx tutorial).

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    • Buildings
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, XML
    Link
    openstreetmap.org

    Verified

  • OpenTopography (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    OpenTopography (NSF) · Global

    High-resolution LiDAR point clouds and global DEMs (SRTM, ALOS, Copernicus, NASADEM) with a REST API; free API key needed for global DEMs.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Per dataset (global DEMs mostly open; some LiDAR restricted)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, LAZ
    Link
    opentopography.org

    Verified

  • OurAirports (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    OurAirports · Global

    Nightly CSVs of 80,000+ airports, heliports, runways, frequencies and navaids worldwide, with coordinates and ICAO/IATA codes.

    • Transport
    Licence
    Public domain
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    ourairports.com

    Verified

  • Overture Maps divisions (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Overture Maps Foundation · Global

    Global countries, regions, localities and neighbourhoods with names in many languages and hierarchy links, released monthly.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoParquet
    Link
    docs.overturemaps.org

    Verified

  • Overture Maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Overture Maps Foundation · Global

    Monthly releases of buildings (2.5 bn+), places, addresses, transportation and divisions (admin boundaries) as cloud-native GeoParquet on S3 and Azure.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Buildings
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0 (buildings, transportation, divisions); CDLA Permissive 2.0 (places, base)
    Formats
    GeoParquet
    Link
    docs.overturemaps.org

    Verified

  • Protected Planet (WDPA) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UNEP-WCMC / IUCN · Global

    World Database on Protected Areas and OECMs, updated monthly, with polygons, IUCN categories and designation dates.

    • Environment
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Free for non-commercial use (WDPA terms); commercial via IBAT
    Formats
    Shapefile, File geodatabase, CSV, API
    Link
    protectedplanet.net

    Verified

  • Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Polar Geospatial Center (University of Minnesota) · Antarctica

    2 m stereo-derived surface model of Antarctica as strips and 2 m/10 m/32 m mosaics; also on the AWS Open Data registry.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    COG, GeoTIFF, STAC
    Link
    pgc.umn.edu

    Verified

  • Sentinel Hub EO Browser (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free with registration

    Sinergise / Planet · Global

    Quick visual search of Sentinel, Landsat and MODIS archives with custom scripts and time-lapse export; free account required.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    Per collection (Sentinel and Landsat open; free account)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, JPEG, KMZ
    Link
    apps.sentinel-hub.com

    Verified

  • SoilGrids (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    ISRIC – World Soil Information · Global

    Global soil properties (organic carbon, pH, texture, bulk density) at 250 m for six depth intervals, with uncertainty.

    • Agriculture & soils
    • Geology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    COG, WCS, WMS, API
    Link
    soilgrids.org

    Verified

  • Source Cooperative (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Radiant Earth · Global

    Cloud-native data repository; hosts the former Radiant MLHub training datasets and mirrors of building, land-cover and field-boundary data.

    • Open data portal
    • Imagery
    • Buildings
    Licence
    Per dataset
    Formats
    GeoParquet, COG, STAC, PMTiles
    Link
    source.coop

    Verified

  • SRTM GL1 (1 arc-second) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    NASA / USGS LP DAAC · Global (60°N–56°S)

    The classic Shuttle Radar Topography Mission DEM at 30 m, captured in February 2000; superseded for most uses by NASADEM and Copernicus DEM.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Public domain (NASA open data policy)
    Formats
    HGT
    Link
    earthdata.nasa.gov

    Verified

  • TanDEM-X 90 m DEM (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    German Aerospace Center (DLR) · Global

    Global 3 arc-second (about 90 m) radar DEM from the TanDEM-X mission (2010–2015); free after registration for scientific use.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Non-commercial (scientific use) DLR licence; registration
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    geoservice.dlr.de

    Verified

  • TerraClimate (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Climatology Lab, University of California Merced · Global

    Monthly climate and water balance (evapotranspiration, soil moisture, runoff) at 1/24° (about 4 km) for global land since 1958.

    • Climate & weather
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Formats
    NetCDF
    Link
    climatologylab.org

    Verified

  • ThinkHazard! (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    World Bank GFDRR · Global

    Screening tool that rates 11 hazards (flood, earthquake, landslide, cyclone and more) by admin area, with an API and source links.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    API, PDF
    Link
    thinkhazard.org

    Verified

  • UN Geospatial Hub (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    United Nations Geospatial · Global

    UN Clear Map basemaps, UN boundary datasets and mission maps; boundaries follow UN cartographic practice.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Open data portal
    Licence
    UN terms of use; see each item
    Formats
    WMS, Shapefile, API
    Link
    geoportal.un.org

    Verified

  • UNdata (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN Statistics Division · Global

    One search across UN statistical databases: population, national accounts, energy, environment and gender statistics by country.

    • Census & statistics
    • Population
    Licence
    Free use with attribution (UNdata terms)
    Formats
    CSV, XML, API
    Link
    data.un.org

    Verified

  • USGS EarthExplorer (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free with registration

    US Geological Survey · Global

    Search and order Landsat, Sentinel-2, SRTM, aerial photography and declassified satellite imagery; free USGS login needed to download.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, HDF
    Link
    earthexplorer.usgs.gov

    Verified

  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    US Geological Survey · Global

    Search worldwide earthquakes by time, area and magnitude from the ComCat catalogue, with real-time GeoJSON feeds.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, GeoJSON, KML, API
    Link
    earthquake.usgs.gov

    Verified

  • VIIRS Nighttime Lights (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines · Global

    Monthly and annual night-time light composites at 15 arc-seconds (about 500 m) since 2012; free registration needed.

    • Population
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0 (most products)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    eogdata.mines.edu

    Verified

  • World Bank Data Catalog (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    World Bank · Global

    Search for World Bank datasets including geospatial layers (boundaries, infrastructure, poverty maps) and microdata.

    • Open data portal
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    Per dataset (mostly CC BY 4.0)
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile, GeoTIFF, API
    Link
    datacatalog.worldbank.org

    Verified

  • World Bank Official Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    World Bank · Global

    Country and admin-1 boundaries reflecting World Bank cartographic policy on disputed areas, with coastlines and lakes.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, GeoPackage
    Link
    datacatalog.worldbank.org

    Verified

  • World Bank Open Data (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    World Bank · Global

    World Development Indicators and 1,400+ country-level time series (population, GDP, energy, environment) since 1960.

    • Census & statistics
    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    CSV, XLSX, API
    Link
    data.worldbank.org

    Verified

  • World Port Index (Pub 150) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Global

    Location, facilities and services of about 3,800 ports worldwide, updated regularly.

    • Transport
    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile, PDF
    Link
    msi.nga.mil

    Verified

  • WorldClim (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldClim · Global

    Monthly climate normals (1970–2000) and CMIP6 future projections at 30 arc-seconds (about 1 km) to 10 arc-minutes.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Free for academic and non-commercial use (WorldClim terms)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    worldclim.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    University of Southampton · Global

    Gridded population counts and age/sex structure at 100 m and 1 km for every country, annually from 2000.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, CSV
    Link
    worldpop.org

    Verified

How this catalogue is built

Hand-picked national sources (mapping agencies, open data portals, cadastre, elevation and environmental data) are combined with the UN Statistics Division directory of national statistical offices, Geofabrik OpenStreetMap extracts and the geoBoundaries API.

A link checker visits every URL. Moved links are updated to their new location; links whose servers refuse automated checks are marked “not verified”; dead links are flagged. Country outlines on the globe come from Natural Earth (public domain) and do not imply any position on disputed borders.