List of free satellite-based products and geospatial data on internet

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Latest update: 3 Nov 2020

 

Decision making to response different type of hazards requires different information. So does datasets necessary for the analysis. The data and information may not be available in one single map. This list is intended to provide data options and its use for different contexts.

The data vary in accuracy, resolution, frequency of update, and geographic coverage. Data summary below mainly highlights the format, methods and technicalities (links to the sources provided). Full download of the datasets is available for most sources.

Baseline

An effective disaster management system requires collection of baseline data that is comprehensive, accurate, timely, and accessible. Without these characteristics, an effective, economical, and task- oriented disaster management system cannot be achieved. This handbook focuses on baseline data collection and impact calculation for specific disasters, which can be defined as the scope and nature of the overall informational resources needed to prepare for and respond to a variety of disasters. What is presently required is a clear understanding of the characteristics of current information resources, their functional capabilities, and their use for disaster management.

Boundaries

  • GADM

Reference: https://gadm.org/index.html

Format: Geopackage and Shapefile

Coverage: Global, admin level 0 - 4 (availability is different for each country)

Download link: By country https://gadm.org/download_country_v3.html, Indonesia Shapefile: https://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm3.6/shp/gadm36_IDN_shp.zip Geopackage: https://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm3.6/gpkg/gadm36_IDN_gpkg.zip

The coordinate reference system is longitude/latitude and the WGS84 datum.

  • COD - Common Operational Datasets

Reference: https://data.humdata.org/dataset?vocab_Topics=common+operational+dataset+-+cod

Format: Geopackage and Shapefile

Coverage: Global, admin level 0 - 4 (availability is different for each country)

Download link: By country  https://data.humdata.org/dataset?vocab_Topics=common+operational+dataset+-+cod, Indonesia https://data.humdata.org/dataset/indonesia-administrative-boundary-polygons-lines-and-places-levels-0-4b

  • Natural Earth Data

Reference: https://www.naturalearthdata.com

Download link: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/

  • Marine Boundaries

Coverage: World, marine boundaries and Economic Exclusive Zone

Reference: http://www.marineregions.org/sources.php#marbound

Download link: http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#marbound

Methodology: http://www.marineregions.org/eezmethodology.php


Population

Global mapping of population is rapidly growing in recent years. They are available at detailed spatial scales. The analysis is based on satellite or other geospatial data layers. The specifications of each map (data) widely differ. In order to get accurate population distributions, each data should be reconstructed and synchronized. Population data are necessary for the analysis of impacts of population growth, monitor population changes, and plan interventions.

Settlement

  • World Settlement Footprint (WSF) 2015

AOI: Global

Reference: 

  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00580-5

  • https://www.dlr.de/eoc/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-9628/16557_read-40454/

Source: DLR

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 10m spatial resolution

Download Link: WSF2015 can be downloaded from a dedicated repository

Climate

Precipitation

Many research institution are producing global satellite precipitation estimate, and mostly available for public. Most notably products are CHIRPS, TRMM, CMORPH, GPM and GSMaP.

  • CHIRPS

Coverage: Global

Reference: https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF and NetCDF, 0.05 deg ~ 5.6 km spatial resolution

Data range: 1 Jan 1981 - present

Download link:

Daily - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_daily/

Pentad - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_pentad/

Dekad - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_dekad/

Monthly 1 - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_monthly/

Monthly 2 - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_2-monthly/

Monthly 3 - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_3-monthly/

Annual - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_annual/

10-days Forecast - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/EWX/data/forecasts/CHIRPS-GEFS_precip/10day/

Preliminary data - https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/prelim/

  • IMERG

Coverage: Global

Source: NASA IMERG (https://pmm.nasa.gov/data-access/downloads/gpm)

Format and resolution: NetCDF4, 0.1 deg ~ 10 km spatial resolution

Data range: 12 Mar 2000 - present

Link:

30-min Final Released https://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPM_L3/GPM_3IMERGHH.06/ 

30-min Early Released https://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPM_L3/GPM_3IMERGHHE.06/

30-min Late Released https://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPM_L3/GPM_3IMERGHHL.06/

Daily Final Released https://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPM_L3/GPM_3IMERGDF.06/

Daily Early Released https://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPM_L3/GPM_3IMERGDE.06/

Daily Late Released https://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPM_L3/GPM_3IMERGDL.06/


Hydrographic

River

Format and resolution: Shepfile, 15 sec ~ 500 m spatial resolution

Link: https://hydrosheds.org/downloads

Lake

Format and resolution: Shepfile and GDB

Link:

Polygon: shp (782 MB zip-file) - https://97dc600d3ccc765f840c-d5a4231de41cd7a15e06ac00b0bcc552.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/HydroLAKES_polys_v10_shp.zip and gdb (727 MB zip-file) - https://97dc600d3ccc765f840c-d5a4231de41cd7a15e06ac00b0bcc552.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/HydroLAKES_polys_v10.gdb.zip

Pour points: shp (782 MB zip-file) - https://97dc600d3ccc765f840c-d5a4231de41cd7a15e06ac00b0bcc552.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/HydroLAKES_points_v10_shp.zip and gdb (78 MB zip-file) - https://97dc600d3ccc765f840c-d5a4231de41cd7a15e06ac00b0bcc552.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/HydroLAKES_points_v10.gdb.zip


Water Body

  • SRTM Water Body

Coverage: Global

Source: SRTM Water Body (http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SWBD/SWBD_Documentation/Readme_SRTM_Water_Body_Data.pdf)

Format: Shapefile in zip-file

Link: https://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SWBD/

  • JRC Global Surface Water

Coverage: Global

Source: JRC Global Surface Water (https://www.nature.com/articles/nature20584.epdf?author_access_token=C5JSvooRop4jWxyp_qRPLNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MqBuzCNsmw_DFxRd7sX93nfPzcbm_xTiPLlZMl7XrUhadm6EiT9cGdDNgn1s6EWrPWH3IeadLUjApplBoaS6xH)

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 30m spatial resolution, based on Landsat

Data coverage: From 80° north to 60° south. It is divided into tiles of 10 x 10 degrees. 1984-2015.

Data contents: Water occurrence, change, seasonality, recurrence, transitions and maximum extent

Link: https://global-surface-water.appspot.com/download

  • USGS Global Surface Water

AOI: Global

Source: USGS Global Surface Water (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6160/850.abstract)

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 30m spatial resolution, based on Landsat

Data coverage: From 80° north to 60° south. It is divided into tiles of 10 x 10 degrees. 2000 - 2012.

Link: Bulk download - https://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/downloads/sciweb1/shared/gtc/downloads/WaterMask2010_UMD.zip or as Individual tiles - https://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/downloads/sciweb1/shared/gtc/downloads/WaterMask2010_UMD_individual/

Natural Hazards

Fire Hotspot

  • MODIS and VIIRS Hotspot

Coverage: Global, 2000 - now

Source: NASA FIRMS

Format: shp, csv, json

Link: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/download/

  • Earthquake

Historical earthquake events also available for download from USGS website: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/

ShakeMap is available from USGS website https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/shakemap/ and user is required to choose the earthquake event from the list and if not available, usually can be found through “Search ShakeMap archive”.

  • Landslide

Coverage: Global

Reference: https://maps.nccs.nasa.gov/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=824ea5864ec8423fb985b33ee6bc05b7

Download link: https://maps.nccs.nasa.gov/arcgis/apps/MapAndAppGallery/index.html?appid=574f26408683485799d02e857e5d9521

OpenStreetMap

  • Global

Reference: OSM via GeoFabrik

Format and update: shapefile in zip-file, daily update

Feature content:

  • Point Features: places; point of interest; places of worship; natural features; traffic related; transport infrastructure

  • Line Features: road and paths; railways, subways, trams, lifts, and cable cars; waterways

  • Polygon Features: building outlines; land use and land cover; bodies of water

Link: Asia - http://download.geofabrik.de/asia.html, Indonesia - http://download.geofabrik.de/asia/indonesia-latest-free.shp.zip

  • Surabaya

Source: Perkumpulan OSM Indonesia (https://openstreetmap.id/data-surabaya/)

Format: shapefile, osm, geopackage

Feature content: Batas administrasi, bangunan, jalan, infrastruktur

Link:

  • Jakarta

Source: Perkumpulan OSM Indonesia (https://openstreetmap.id/data-dki-jakarta/)

Format: shapefile, osm, geopackage

Feature content: Batas administrasi, bangunan, jalan, infrastruktur

Link:

  • Semarang

Source: Perkumpulan OSM Indonesia (https://openstreetmap.id/data-semarang/)

Format: shapefile, osm, geojson, geopackage

Feature content: Batas administrasi, bangunan, jalan, infrastruktur

Link:

Physical

Landcover

Land cover maps represent spatial information on different types (classes) of physical coverage of the Earth's surface, e.g. forests, grasslands, croplands, lakes, wetlands. Dynamic land cover maps include transitions of land cover classes over time and hence captures land cover changes. Land use maps contain spatial information on the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover type to produce, change or maintain it.

  • Copernicus Global Landcover Services

Coverage: Global

Blog: https://blog.vito.be/remotesensing/lcviewer

Source: https://land.copernicus.eu/global/products/lc

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF in zip-file, 100m spatial resolution

Download link: Tile for Indonesia

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vito-lcv/2015/ZIPfiles/E080N20_ProbaV_LC100_epoch2015_global_v2.0.1_products_EPSG-4326.zip

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vito-lcv/2015/ZIPfiles/E100N20_ProbaV_LC100_epoch2015_global_v2.0.1_products_EPSG-4326.zip

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vito-lcv/2015/ZIPfiles/E120N20_ProbaV_LC100_epoch2015_global_v2.0.1_products_EPSG-4326.zip

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vito-lcv/2015/ZIPfiles/E080N00_ProbaV_LC100_epoch2015_global_v2.0.1_products_EPSG-4326.zip

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vito-lcv/2015/ZIPfiles/E100N00_ProbaV_LC100_epoch2015_global_v2.0.1_products_EPSG-4326.zip

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vito-lcv/2015/ZIPfiles/E120N00_ProbaV_LC100_epoch2015_global_v2.0.1_products_EPSG-4326.zip

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/vito-lcv/2015/ZIPfiles/E140N00_ProbaV_LC100_epoch2015_global_v2.0.1_products_EPSG-4326.zip

  • ESA CCI Annual Landcover

Coverage: Global

Source: ESA Climate Change Initiative https://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/?q=node/197

Format and resolution: NetCDF, 300m spatial resolution, annual 1992 - 2018

Download Link: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/satellite-land-cover?tab=overview

  • GlobCOVER

Coverage: Global

Source: ESA GlobCover (http://due.esrin.esa.int/page_globcover.php)

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF in zip-file, 300m spatial resolution

Link: http://due.esrin.esa.int/files/Globcover2009_V2.3_Global_.zip

  • Bare Land

Coverage: Global

Source: GLAD UMD (https://glad.geog.umd.edu/dataset/global-2010-bare-ground-30-m)

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 30m spatial resolution, based on Landsat

Data coverage: From 80° north to 60° south. It is divided into tiles of 10 x 10 degrees.

Link: https://glad.umd.edu/Potapov/Bare_2010/

  • Tree Cover and Loss

Coverage: Global

Source: http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 30m spatial resolution, based on Landsat

Data coverage: From 80° north to 60° south. It is divided into tiles of 10 x 10 degrees.

Link: http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest/download_v1.7.html

  • Cropland based on MODIS

Coverage: Global

Source: GLAD UMD (https://glad.geog.umd.edu/dataset/gce/global-cropland-extent)

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 250m spatial resolution, based on MODIS

Data coverage: Each tile is 4800x4800 in MODIS Sinusoidal projection with a pixel size of 231.65635m. A map of MODIS tiles can be found here - https://glad.geog.umd.edu/croplands/sinusoidal.gif

Link: Cropland Probability - https://glad.geog.umd.edu/dataset/gce/250mprob and Discrete Cropland/Non-Cropland https://glad.geog.umd.edu/dataset/gce/modis-global-crop-extent-discrete-croplandnot-cropland-data

  • Cropland based on Landsat

Coverage: Global

Source: USGS GFSAD (https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wgsc/science/global-food-security-support-analysis-data-30-m?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects)

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 30m spatial resolution, based on Landsat

Link: Southeast Asia - https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gfsad30seacev001/

Terrain

  • DEMNAS

Coverage: Indonesia

Source: http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/ - registration required before downloading the data.

Format and resolution: GeoTIFF, 8m spatial resolution

Link:

Sumatera - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Sumatera.php

Kalimantan - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Kalimantan.php

Sulawesi - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Sulawesi.php

Jawa dan Bali - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Jawa.php

Nusa Tenggara - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Nusa_tenggara.php

Maluku - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Maluku.php

Papua - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Papua.php

BATNAS - http://tides.big.go.id/DEMNAS/Batnas.php

  • SRTM

Coverage: Global

Source: NASA SRTM (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/nasa-shuttle-radar-topography-mission-srtm-version-3-0-global-1-arc-second-data-released-over-asia-and-australia)

Format and Resolution: GeoTIFF, 30m and 90m spatial resolution

Link: 30m - http://dwtkns.com/srtm30m/ and 90m - http://dwtkns.com/srtm/

  • ASTER GDEM

Coverage: Global

Source: ASTER GDEM (https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp)

Format and Resolution: GeoTIFF, 30m spatial resolution

Link: https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules/collection-details?p=C197265171-LPDAAC_ECS&q=ASTER%20GDEM&ok=ASTER%20GDEM

  • Copernicus Digital Elevation Model 30

AOI: Global

News: https://bit.ly/3kEnXem

Source: Copernicus

Format: GeoTIFF and DTED

Resolution: Europe 10m, Global 30 and 90m

Download link: https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/fr/dataset-details?articleId=394198


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