Tools tagged with "Global"

BiodiversityMapping.org offers an extensive collection of global and regional maps showcasing the distribution of various species. It provides detailed visualizations for terrestrial and marine biodiversity, covering a wide array of taxa. Users can access and download GIS data for further analysis, making it a valuable resource for research and conservation efforts.

GeeFlow is a Python library from Google DeepMind designed for generating and processing large-scale geospatial datasets using Google Earth Engine. It focuses on supporting geospatial AI research by creating datasets in TFDS format, ready for model training, and enabling the creation of inference maps up to global scale.

Cesium provides an end-to-end platform for streaming and visualizing massive 3D geospatial content. It leverages open standards and an open-source ecosystem to facilitate advanced 3D mapping and digital twin applications. The platform includes cloud services for tiling, hosting, and global 3D content.

The Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) is a comprehensive dataset providing outlines of glaciers worldwide, excluding ice sheets. It serves as a snapshot of global glaciers, primarily targeting the year 2000, and is crucial for large-scale analyses of glacier volume and climate response. The RGI is a subset of the broader GLIMS initiative.

Marine Regions provides a standardized list of marine georeferenced place names and areas, integrating information from the VLIMAR Gazetteer and MARBOUND database. It serves as a global standard for marine geographic locations, boundaries, and regions, offering comprehensive statistics on marine places and names.

EarthEnv-DEM90 provides a nearly-global, void-free, 90m digital elevation model derived from fused ASTER and SRTM data. It offers continuous coverage for approximately 91% of the globe, supporting assessments of biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate.

Who’s On First is a comprehensive gazetteer containing over 26 million records of places worldwide, ranging from continents to individual venues. Each entry features a stable identifier and a rich set of descriptive properties. The project offers its data in various formats, including GeoJSON and SQLite, and provides an API for programmatic access.

The Hand-in-Hand (HiH) Geospatial Platform is an enabling tool for the HiH Initiative, offering over 2 million data layers for targeted, evidence-based interventions. This Digital Public Good provides open-access geographic information, key food security indicators, and agricultural statistics from FAO and external organizations like NGOs, academia, and space agencies.

The G-Econ research project develops a geophysically based global dataset on economic activity. It provides "gross cell product" (GCP) for all regions at a 1-degree longitude by 1-degree latitude resolution. The current dataset, GEcon 4.0, covers 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005, offering 27,500 terrestrial observations.

This website offers comprehensive guides for OpenStreetMap users, covering beginner topics, advanced editing with JOSM, and detailed information on OSM data. It provides practical tutorials on mapping various features and utilizing tools like the iD editor and QGIS for data management.

This open-source GitHub repository serves as a central hub for train station data. It includes extensive metadata for various stations, making it a valuable resource for developers and data analysts working with transportation information. The project encourages community contributions to maintain and expand the dataset.

CoastSat is an open-source Python software toolkit designed for global shoreline mapping. It enables users to obtain time-series of shoreline position at any coastline worldwide. The tool leverages 40 years (and growing) of publicly available satellite imagery from Landsat and Sentinel-2 missions.

The TanDEM-X Science Server offers researchers and scientists access to high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) derived from the TanDEM-X mission. This platform supports a wide range of scientific applications by providing crucial geospatial information for Earth observation.

This resource offers a comprehensive database of the world's largest urban areas, providing detailed information on their geographical locations and historical population trends from 1950 to 2005. The data is meticulously prepared using official UN statistics, ensuring accuracy and reliability for various analytical purposes. It is readily available for download in multiple formats, including those compatible with GIS software, Google Earth, and standard tabular formats, facilitating broad accessibility and integration into diverse projects.

LiDAR and Aerial Archaeology offers free LiDAR and aerial photography maps from various global regions. It also provides access to other related archaeological resources, including training materials and geological data.

The IUCN Red List provides spatial data for over 152,300 species, representing 88% of its global assessments. These datasets include distribution maps for comprehensively assessed taxonomic groups and selected freshwater species, offering crucial information on species' conservation status.

OpenCPN is a widely used, free, and open-source chart plotter and marine GPS navigation software. It enables thousands of boaters to track their position and chart courses directly from their laptops or other devices. This robust software is designed for use at the helm station, supporting multiple operating systems.

This dataset offers annual satellite embeddings for the years 2018 to 2024, inclusive. Produced by Google and Google DeepMind, it provides valuable earth observation data in an easily accessible format. It is ideal for machine learning applications and environmental analysis.

This platform provides detailed population density maps, likely derived from Facebook's extensive user data and AI analysis. These maps are invaluable for researchers, humanitarian organizations, and development agencies to understand population distribution and density across various regions. The data supports critical decision-making in disaster response, public health initiatives, and infrastructure planning.

Geo2day provides free OpenStreetMap (OSM) vector data extracts, organized by continent and country. Users can download pre-processed GIS data in multiple formats like ESRI Shape, GeoPackage, Geodatabase, GeoJSON, PBF, CSV, and TAB. This independent project facilitates access to OSM data for various geospatial applications.

This resource provides access to NASA's comprehensive lightning data, gathered from various sources including ground-based sensors, airborne platforms, and satellite observations. Scientists utilize this data to gain insights into lightning patterns and to enhance the accuracy of severe weather predictions. It serves as a vital component within the broader NASA Earthdata ecosystem.

SatPM2.5 provides comprehensive estimates of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations by integrating aerosol optical depth from multiple satellites (MODIS, VIIRS, MISR, SeaWiFS) with simulation models (GEOS-Chem) and ground-based measurements. This geophysical estimate is further refined through statistical fusion with direct PM2.5 measurements to explain most of the variance observed. The dataset is updated yearly and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

This website offers an interactive web mapping application displaying the Ecoregions 2017 dataset. Users can navigate and zoom across a global map to visualize and understand the distribution of terrestrial ecoregions. It provides a visual tool for environmental research and conservation efforts.

libpostal is a C library that leverages statistical Natural Language Processing (NLP) and open geospatial data to parse and normalize street addresses from around the world. It converts free-form human addresses into clean, machine-comparable formats, serving as a crucial preprocessing step for geocoding applications.

Protected Planet provides comprehensive and current data on protected areas and OECMs globally. It is updated monthly with submissions from governments, NGOs, landowners, and communities, offering vital information for conservation efforts. The platform showcases global statistics and allows exploration by regional, country, or individual area levels.

This dataset, hosted by the ETH Zurich Research Collection, provides a global canopy height map for 2020. It was created using data from Sentinel-2 and GEDI, offering valuable insights into forest structures and biomass. The resource is open access and available under a Creative Commons license.

EarthStat provides global GIS data sets focused on agriculture and the environment. It offers detailed information on cropland and pasture areas, harvested areas and yields for numerous crops, and greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activities. The platform also analyzes climate variation effects on crop yields and water depletion.

The Copernicus Browser offers a comprehensive platform for exploring and acquiring high-resolution images from the entire suite of Copernicus missions. Users can easily navigate to areas of interest, specify time ranges and data collections, and visualize the resulting data directly within the browser. It supports various visualisations, high-resolution image downloads, timelapse creation, and raw data access for local processing.

This website offers free OpenStreetMap (OSM) administrative and land boundaries for various countries worldwide. The boundaries are generated using Overpass and OSM Land Polygons, ensuring up-to-date and community-contributed data. Users can download these datasets in multiple popular GIS file formats.

The Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) synthesis is a unique and continually updated global elevation dataset. It integrates and harmonizes cleaned multibeam sonar data from oceans worldwide, rigorously reviewed and processed by the GMRT Team. This foundational resource offers seamless access to high-quality elevation data for ocean and terrestrial geoscientific research.

This platform generates standardized, computer-generated predictions of marine and freshwater species ranges globally. It serves as a resource for exploring aquatic biodiversity and species distribution for research and non-commercial applications.

This API enables users to convert human-readable location text into geographic coordinates (forward geocoding) and transform geographic coordinates into descriptive place names (reverse geocoding). It supports various geographic feature types for granular location searches and contextual information.

SunCalc is an online application providing comprehensive calculations for sun movement and phases. Users can interact with a map to ascertain sunrise, sunset, shadow length, and solar position for any given date and time, including future and past events.

GADM offers comprehensive geospatial data and maps depicting the administrative divisions of every country worldwide. Users can browse these maps online or download the spatial data to integrate into their own GIS projects and applications. This resource serves as a valuable repository for researchers, mappers, and analysts requiring detailed global administrative boundaries.

NOAA CoastWatch provides access to global and regional satellite data for a wide range of ocean and coastal applications. This service supports research, resource management, and decision-making by offering data products and tools to understand and protect marine ecosystems and assess environmental change.

The Chalmers Cloud Ice Climatology (CCIC) provides a deep-learning-based climate record of atmospheric ice-particle concentrations. This dataset offers high spatial and temporal resolution, making it suitable for evaluating weather and climate models or studying individual weather systems. It is updated quarterly and available under a CC BY 4.0 license.