Geospatial Data Sources Directory
The most comprehensive directory of standard free resources to search vector and raster data. Filter by category to find the best database for your project.Active Database Nodes & Training Centers
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Satellite & Imagery Sources
Access raw and processed imagery files for earth observation, land cover, and environment analysis.
USGS EarthExplorer
The most trusted global repository for Landsat satellite imagery, digital elevation models, and open GIS data.
Copernicus Data Space
The official European portal to download Sentinel multi-spectral datasets, radar captures and Copernicus land monitoring data.
Sentinel Hub EO Browser
A web-based search and visualization interface for immediate preview and scripting of multi-temporal satellite data.
NASA Earthdata Search
Access NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) catalog including MODIS, ASTER, and GRACE datasets.
Google Earth Engine
A cloud-based platform for planetary-scale environmental analysis. Access multi-petabyte datasets through JavaScript and Python.
NOAA/CO-OPS Digital Coast
A collaborative platform offering coastal LiDAR imagery, benthic habitat maps, socioeconomic coordinates, and coastal hazard datasets.
Boundaries, Roads & Feature Layers
Spatial datasets containing administrative boundaries, road networks, rivers, and building footprints.
OpenStreetMap
A collaborative, community-driven project establishing a free, editable geographic vector map of the entire world.
Geofabrik Download Server
Providing pre-packaged OSM data extracts by continent, country and region in Shapefile and GeoJSON formats.
Natural Earth
Public domain map dataset offering vector boundaries, roads, rivers, physical terrain and cultural features at multiple scales.
GADM
High-spatial-resolution database of global administrative areas (boundaries) for countries, states and counties.
Humanitarian Data Exchange
An open platform for sharing humanitarian, environmental and infrastructure datasets across global crisis response initiatives.
DEM, DTM & Terrain Models
Digital elevation models representing terrain shape, height, slope and surface analysis.
SRTM (via EarthExplorer)
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission digital elevation data covering approximately 80% of the Earth's surface at 30-meter resolution.
OpenTopography
High-resolution topographic data portal providing LiDAR point clouds, DEM products, terrain visualization and processing tools.
Copernicus DEM
Global Digital Elevation Model representing the Earth's surface including buildings and vegetation at multiple resolutions.
ALOS World 3D (AW3D30)
Global Digital Surface Model produced by JAXA with approximately 30-meter resolution, widely used for terrain analysis.
Climate, Weather & Reanalysis
Meteorological datasets, historic weather records, and future climate projections.
Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS)
Access climate data, weather records, climate projections and ERA5 reanalysis datasets for scientific and environmental research.
WorldClim
High-resolution global climate data for ecological modelling and GIS analysis including temperature, precipitation and bioclimatic variables.
CHIRPS
Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data. High-resolution precipitation datasets for monitoring trends.
Climate Change Knowledge Portal
World Bank platform providing historical and projected climate, temperature, and rainfall variables for countries across the globe.
CHELSA
Climatologies at high resolution for the Earth's land surfaces. High-precision climatology data for ecological and environmental models.
NASA POWER
Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources. Provides solar radiation, wind speed, and meteorological variables for clean-energy and environmental studies.
India-Specific Geoportals
Localized geoportals for Indian region, mapping networks and governmental GIS initiatives.
Bhuvan - NRSC
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) geoportal providing satellite imagery, thematic maps, state portals, and geospatial services.
Open Data Platform (ODP)
Indian Government geoportal (Data.gov.in) providing datasets from ministries, census statistics, GIS layers and open government data.
Survey of India - Nakshe
Official Survey of India geoportal providing topographic sheets, administrative boundaries, and national base maps.
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