Table of contents:
- Agriculture, Food Security and Development
- Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation
- Climate
- Geology
- Other Data Warehouses and Links
- Population Infrastructure Topography and Administration Data
- Gazetteers
- Remote Sensing and Imagery
- Statistics
- Vegetation, Soils, Hydrology and Land Use
Agriculture, Food Security and Development
- CEISIN Global Distribution of Poverty: Datasets Information
Characterizing the Global Distribution of Poverty - EarthStat: Dataset Now Available: Crop Allocation to Food, Feed, Nonfood
- FAO GRIDDED LIVESTOCK OF THE WORLD - GLW
AGA, Animal Production and Health Division,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas, livestock disease databases, electronic atlas, maps, statistics - FAO GRIDDED LIVESTOCK OF THE WORLD - GLW: Livestock Density
- FAO-GIEWS - Global Information and Early Warning System
- FAO/AGLL - Agro-MAPS, a global spatial land-use database
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Agro-MAPS, a global spatial land-use database - FAOSTAT Database Collections
- FAOSTAT Livestock
- FAO_GIEWS Special Reports and Alerts
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations - Multipurpose Africover Databases on Environmental resources (MADE) : Now includes datasets for Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda
- Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems
- GIS for sustainable development (ESRI)
- GMFS - Global Monitoring for Food Security
- A Global Poverty Map Derived From Satellite Data
- IASA Global Agro Ecological Zones
Global Agro-Ecological Zones Model/CD-ROM - FAO/IIASA - International Agriculture Datasets from Cornell
- ICSC UNDSA Daily Subsistance Allowance Data
- Geographic distribution of major crop across the world (SAGE)
Including Global Cropland and Pasture Data from 1700-2007 (NEW!) - Harvest Choice Cropping maps Spatial Production Allocation Model | MapSPAM
SPAM - Spatial Production Allocation Model. Spatially disaggregated global sub-national production statistics. - UNDP Human Development statistics
- US Foreign Agricultural Service
Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation
- Atlas of the Biosphere: Mapping the Biosphere - SAGE
- Bailey Ecoregions of the Continents
- Bills Wildlife Sites
An indexOK of internet sites of interest to wildlife ecologists. Categories include: government, federal, state, non-profit, professional, university; endangered species, mammal, carnivore, marine mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile, wildlife newsgroups, and wildife-related products such as telemetry equipment, binoculars, spotting scopes, software, books, art and photography. - Birdlife Species search
- GAA: Global Amphibian Assessment
- GBIF Biodiversity Data PortalNOAA GED Global ecosystems database
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) prototype internet data portal www.gbif.net now provides free and universal access to millions of scientific data records about plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as the ability to map their distributions, search them by scientific or common name, or browse through them by taxonomy. These data will be of great value to a wide range of users, including scientists, students, policymakers, and the general public. - Holdridge Life-Zone map
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Spatial Data Download
- http://www.natureserve.org
Providing the scientific basis for effective conservation, NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the trusted source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. - NatureServe: Data, Maps and Tools
NatureServe and its network of member programs provide a vast array of scientific information and online data about species and ecosystems of the western hemisphere. - UNEP GLOBIO
Mapping Human Impacts On The Biosphere - UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre - World Atlas of Biodiversity
- ProtectedPlanet.net: World Database on Protected Areas
Climate
- CEDA - The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
- Climate Explorer The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute KNMI
- Climate Research Unit CRU_TS_2_0 Climate Datasets
- Climate Research Unit High-resolution gridded datasets (CRU)
- Climatological Database for the World's Oceans 1750-1850
- FAO SD Environment Global Climate Maps
- GIS Climate Change Scenarios - National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Goddard DAAC Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint endeavor between NASA and Japan's National Space Development Agency. It is designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall and the associated release of energy that helps to power the global atmospheric circulation, shaping both global weather and climate. - History Database of the Global Environment (HYDE)
- IPCC-DDC SRES Climate Scenarios - HadCM3 Climate Scenario Data
- IPCC-DDC SRES Climate Scenarios
- JISAO Climate Data Archive
climate data archive - Met Office: Climate change publications UK
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The Largest Archive of Climate Data in the World - NASA-CASA Project
Carbon storage etc - NOAA National Climatic Data Centre (NCDC) Climate Data Online
The Largest Archive of Climate Data in the World - Special Reports on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) Experiments Overview
The IPCC Data Distribution Centre - SRES at CIESIN, Results
- The Global Historical Climatology Network at National Oceanographic and Atomspheric Administration
The global historical climatology network. - The International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II Data Archive
- Total Precipitable Water - MODIS MOD05
- UKCIP UK Climate change Impacts Programme
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
- US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
- WORLDCLIM v1 - data formats
- WORLDCLIM v2 beta - Now including, Solar radiation, windspeed and vapour pressure...
- WorldClim, Global Climate Data
Geology
- USGS Spectroscopy Lab - Facilities
- USGS Spectroscopy Lab - home page
- USGS Spectroscopy Lab - Software
- USGS Spectroscopy Lab - Tetracorder
- USGS Spectroscopy Lab_ Spectroscopy of Rocks and Minerals, and Principles of Spectroscopy
Other Data Warehouses and Links
- Austin Texas University - Russian and East European Network Information Centre
The objective of UT International Network Information Systems is to provide international users with access to academic databases and information services worldwide, and to provide area studies scholars around the world with access to information on and from the regions covered by different Centers. Each Center's e-mail contact is posted in its own home page. - Berkely Earth Sciences and Map Library
Homepage of UC Berkeley's Earth Sciences & Map Library - Center for International Earth Science Information Network CIESIN, Columbia University
- CEOS IDN datasets list
The CEOS IDN contains metadata refences to datasets, datacenters, sensors, projects, and satellites. - CGIAR-CSI Consortium for Spatial Information
Slow. The Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) is an initiative of the many geospatial scientists within the Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research (CGIAR), linking the efforts of CGIAR scientists, national and international partners, and others working to apply and advance Geospatial Science for International Sustainable Agriculture Development, Natural Resource Management, Biodiversity Conservation, and Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries. - CGIAR-CSI SRTM 90m DEM Digital Elevation Database
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Water Body Dataset
- Climate Prediction Centre_ CPC_USGS_FEWS_USAID Project
- Digital Chart of The World Online, PSU Maproom
- Digital Chart of the World 2000 (Vmap0) downlaods
Revised and Updated version of the trusty Digital Chart of the World. Vector - Vmap1 downloads
Revised and Updated version of the trusty Digital Chart of the World. Vector - DIVA GIS Free data downloads
- Earth Observation System Data and Information System - NASA Earthdata
The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) manages and distributes data products through the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs). - European Commission Joint Research Centre Digital Atlas DMA Digital Atlas
- FAO-UN GeoNetwork - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations portal to spatial data and information
FAO GeoNetwork provides Internet access to interactive maps, satellite imagery and related spatial databases. It's purpose is to improve access to and integrated use of spatial data and information. GeoNetwork opensource allows to easily share spatial data among different users - FreeGIS.org FREE GIS DATA AND APPLICATIONS
- FREE GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial and Hydrology Data
- GEO Data Portal - The Online Environmental Database UNEP.Net, the Environment Network
The GEO Data Portal is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners. Its online database holds more than 400 different variables - on themes like population, water, forest, emission, temperature, biodiversity, land, soil, energy etc. - as national (i.e. country-level), subregional, regional (i.e. Africa, Asia, America, Europe) and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps). - GEO Data Portal - The Online Environmental Database UNEP.Net
Data list - Geoland - geoland2 - Supporting the Monitoring, Protection and Sustainable Management of our Environment
- GIS Data Depot
The GIS Data Depot provides FREE GIS data downloads and creates custom GIS data CD-ROMs for CAD, mapping, and location based applications. - GoGeo
GoGeo is the place to discover spatial datasets, geographical resources and services for those in education and research. - Manchester InforMation and Associated Services (MIMAS) - Geospatial Data
- Map Library
The Map Library is a source of public domain basic map data concerning administrative boundaries in developing countries. The data is broken down into manageable chunks to make it easier to download for those with poor internet connections. - MapRef: The Collection of Map Projections and Reference Systems
- NCSU GIS Data Catalogue
- NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
Bathymmetry Images offered by the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Marine Geology & Geophysics Division and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics, Boulder. - Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Landscan Project
- World Database Protected Areas
- Socioeconomic Data And Applications Center SEDAC
- The Geocommunity
The GeoCommunity provides FREE GIS data downloads, GIS job postings, news, GIS software tools, utilities, discussion, and fun in geographic information systems and location based applications. - The Goddard DAAC
nasa gsfc data and information services center - TranStats HomePage
This is the TranStats homepage. TranStats provides one-stop shopping for intermodal transportation data for researchers, decision-makers, as well as the general public interested in transportation issues. - UN InfoNation
View and compare statistical data for countries that are a part of the United Nations. - UNEP GRID at USGS
UNEP, as the environmental voice of the United Nations, analyzes the state of the global environment, assesses global and regional trends, provides early-warning information on environmental threats and advises governments and the UN based on the best scientific and technological capabilities available. - UNEP GRID Geneva, Activities
- UNEP GRID, Geneva, Data
UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva is the United Nations Environment Programme's office in Switzerland, providing environmental information, communications, and capacity building services for information management and assessment. - UNEP Islands
Access to information on islands and small island developing States (SIDS) especially from within the United Nations system - UNEP-GRID - Sioux Falls Data List
- UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Home page
- UNH EOS Earth Data, University of New Hampshire
EOS Earth Data provides free, customized Earth Science data. Our data holdings can be searched spatially, temporally, or by keyword, freetext, or collection name. We have distributed amost 400,000 data products to our users world-wide since 1999. - United Nations Cartographic Section
This is the official Web Site of the United Nations Cartographic Section in New York. Here you will find UN Peacekeeping maps, country profile maps, and geographical information. - US Census Bureau International Programs Centre
The International Programs Center (IPC), part of the Population Division of the U.S. Census Bureau, conducts demographic and socioeconomic studies and strengthens statistical development around the world through technical assistance, training, and software products. Its work is commissioned and funded by federal agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private businesses, and other governments. For over 50 years IPC has assisted in the collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and use of statistics with counterpart governments throughout the world. - USDOC_ NOAA_ NESDIS_ National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page
The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is part of the US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, & Information Service - World - GIS Data Download
- Washington Stat Geospatial Archives GIS Data Download
Provides access and links to GIS data for the State of Washington and other selected global areas. - World Data Center System
Home Page for the World Data Center System hosted by the WDC's Boulder, collocated with the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). The World Data Center System is operated under the auspices of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The World Data Center (WDC) system was created to archive and distribute data collected from the observational programs of the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year. Originally established in the United States, Europe, Russia, and Japan, the WDC system has since expanded to other countries and to new scientific disciplines. The WDC system now includes 52 Centers in 12 countries - World Resources Institute EarthTrends database
A free online database that focuses on issues of sustainable development andthe environment. This site draws statistical, graphic, and analytical information from over 40 internationallyrecognized data sources. Detailed documentation is provided for serious research.
Population Infrastructure Topography and Administration Data
- AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment
- Shoreline Vectors from NOAA
Information on digital coastline and shorelines data available from various sources. Provided by the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Marine Geology & Geophysics Division and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics, Boulder. - CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention - admin shape files
Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics - CEISIN Gridded Populations of the World V3 GPWv3 - Country Summaries
- CGIAR Meta-Datasets by alphabetical order
- GAUL Global Administrative units (FAO dataset)
- GADM, global administrative areas (boundaries)
- GeoHive Country Data Index
Country Data Index; demographic facts on all known geopolitical entities. - Global Accessibility Map - European Commission
- Global Rural Urban Mapping Project: Settlements by population size (CIESIN)
- Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Database (GSHHS)
Information on digital coastline and shorelines data available from various sources. Provided by the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Marine Geology & Geophysics Division and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics, Boulder. - Global Map of urban areas
- Global Roads (CIESIN)
- GSHHS - Global shorelines of the world
- Gridded Population of the World - GPW v3 , Summary
- Human footprint: The Last of the Wild
- International Trade Data and Statistics
GTI is recognized as the premier supplier of international merchandise trade data around the world. - Worldwide Fund for Nature - Data Downloads including Eco-regions and Global Lakes and Wetlands Database
- Landscan Overview
- Mapability VMAP0 (Updated Digital Chart of the World Download)
- Mapping Urban Areas Globally
Research ongoing at Boston University's Department of Geography on urban areas, urban growth, and mechanisms of urban change - NGDC nighttime lights
Defense Meteorological Satellite Progam - NGDC-GLOBE Project Get GLOBE Digital Elevation Data Tiles
- NUTS Classifications for CEE
- Populated places in the world
- Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
The Population Reference Bureau provides timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. - Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
SEDAC's mission is to develop and deliver information products and services that integrate social and natural science data in ways useful for decision making. The Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University, has been designated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to operate and maintain SEDAC, one of the data centers in the Earth Observing Data and Information System (EOSDIS). - Statoids administrative regions list
Worldwide reference for states, provinces, governorates, counties, districts, and other subdivisions of countries - The Global Land One-km Base Elevation (GLOBE) Project
- UNEP_GRID-Arendal Database_ Maps and Graphics
The UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics library contains hundreds of illustrations on themes related to environment and sustainable development, such as climate change, water, poverty and security. This web-site collects graphics prepared in projects and publications, with a special focus on the Arctic, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa. The collection also includes interactive maps. - Urbanization Maps Boston University
Research ongoing at Boston University's Department of Geography on urban areas, urban growth, and mechanisms of urban change - US Census Bureau Home Page
The Census Bureau Web Site provides on-line access to our data, publications, and products. - Vmap0 Coastline of the World
- Vmap0 Railroad of the World
- Vmap0 Roads of the World
- WHO - Mortality Database
- World Population Prospects 2010 revision
- World Urbanization Prospects
Gazetteers
- Alexandria Gazetteer Server Client
- Falling Rain Genomics: World Gazetter
- GeoNames Gazetter
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is a structured vocabulary of geographic names for indexing art and architecture. - Google Maps World Gazetteer | maplandia.com
Google maps world gazetteer. Comprehensive and searchable directory of google satellite map locations in all countries of the world. - NIMA GNS Public Page
NGA Database of Geographic Place Names
Remote Sensing and Imagery
- ADDS - Africa Data Dissemination Service
- ASTER's Global View from Space
- ASTER's Remote Sensing Image Gallery
ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) is a high resolution imaging instrument that is flying on the Terra satellite. ASTER will be used to obtain detailed maps of land surface temperature, emissivity, reflectance and elevation. - Astrium-Geo (General info on availability. cost of several imagery types)
Geographic information solutions include aerial photography and satellite imagery, interpreting geospatial information, managing geospatial information, software development and hosting of all geo-information. - AVHRR
The NOAASIS is the starting point for essential information used by satellite receiving station operators who monitor the NOAA TIROS, GOES satellites and other environmental, meteorological or weather satellites operated by other countries - China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Applications
- China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Home Page
- CIESIN - Satellite General information
- CONAE
Argentinian Space Activities - Dundee Satellite Receiving Centre
- Earth Observatory Newsroom: Blue Marble Next Generation
- Earth View
This site is developed and maintained by John Walker, founder of Autodesk, Inc. and co-author of AutoCAD. A variety of documents, images, software for various machines, and interactive Web resources are available here; click on entries in the frame to the left to display a table of contents for that topic. Items which span more than one category are listed in all. - EDC DAAC Data Products
Digital Cartographic and Satellite Data Archives - ENVISAT
Envisat is the most powerful European Earth Observation satellite yet built. It has begun making the most complete set of observations of our planet that any satellite has ever carried out. Envisat monitors: The land, Oceans, Atmosphere, Ice caps. It helps scientists to understand how changes to one, say climate, affect the others. Envisat is a key element of the European Space Agencys plans for the next decade to monitor Earth's environment. - EROS Hyperion Product
Systematic Terrain-Corrected (Level 1Gst) data product from the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) Hyperion sensor. This new processing option provides increased quality and improved geometric accuracy for the Hyperion data product. In the past, the Hyperion image product consisted of L1R (radiometrically corrected) data only. - ERS/METEOSAT
ESA Observing the Earth homepage, features the latest news on Earth observation missions and satellites, including ERS 1, ERS 2, Envisat, Metop, Meteosat and Living Planet. - GeoCover - Earth Science Data Interface including MrSid Images
- European Remote Sensisng Satellites
Respectively launched in 1991 and 1995, the ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites for Earth Observation are an ESA success. Thanks to the quality, reliability and originality of the on-board instruments, many findings related to the Earth environment have been made and many applications derived from them. - Free VEGETATION Products VITO
Free VEGETATION Products - Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS)
The primary focus of the GIMMS group is to provide scientific Earth systems research with the use of AVHRR timeseries remote sensing data. - GLCF Welcome Largest Free Source of Landsat Data
- GOES - updated
The NOAASIS is the starting point for essential information used by satellite receiving station operators who monitor the NOAA TIROS, GOES satellites and other environmental, meteorological or weather satellites operated by other countries - Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency EORC Homepage
- Landmap - Britain from Space
- Landsat Data Access (USA)
- Landsat.org - Global Access to Landsat Data
Landsat.org supports the purchasing, distribution, and sharing of Landsat 7 imagery worldwide by providing a simplified, platform-independent user interface and search engine with online data ordering. Landsat.org supports research centers, science teams, and educational organizations by providing customized search interfaces, access to data hosting services, clearinghouse services, data brokering, and imagery cooperatives. - Links to Remote Sensing Data Directories and Inventories
- METEOSAT Second Generation at ESA
- MODIS: Home
- MODIS Land Discipline Web Site
The MODIS Land Team web site at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - MODIS Snow Cover from NEO: NASA Earth Observations
- MSG Welcome Page and UK NERC
- NASA Earth Observatory
NASA's Earth Observatory, exploring NASA's Earth Science - NOAA Satellite Active Archive
The Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) is an electronic library of NOAA environmental data. This web site provides capabilities for finding and obtaining those data. CLASS is NOAA's premiere on-line facility for the distribution of NOAA and US Department of Defense (DoD) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) data, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data, and derived data. - ResMap: FREE On-line GIS-Ready Satellite Imagery
- SatImagingCorp.com: Satellite Image Pricing Information!
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission - Small Water Bodies
- SPOT VEGETATION PROGRAMME
The VEGETATION Programme is conceived to allow daily monitoring of terrestrial vegetation cover through remote sensing, at regional to global scales. - Surrey Satellite Technology Limited - SSTL Website Home
SSTL is proud to have the world's most extensive track record of providing small satellite missions. This section of our site provides information on our current missions, and will soon include summaries of all past missions. - TERRA at NASA
TERRA Mission Public Outreach Portal - TerraSAR-x DLR Earth observation - Applications and utilisation
- The International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II Data Archive
- University of Maryland MODIS: Home
- USGS AVHRR 10-day composite
Global Land 1-KM AVHRR Data Set Project. - USGS EROS Satellite Image Browser
USGS Global Visualization - Welcome to Eurimage S.p.A.
Multi-mission satellite data; high resolution and medium resolution imagery from QuickBird and Landsat. ERS and Envisat data, IRS, Spot, Ikonos, Radarsat. - UNOSAT Free satellite imagery from the UN
Statistics
- http://www.geo.unizh.ch/~imfeld/diss
All you wanted to know about points... - IPUMS - Integrated Public Use Microdata Series International
IPUMS-International is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. Its goals are to Collect and preserve data and documentation, Harmonize data, Disseminate the data absolutely free! - Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. (Spanish Statistical Institute) Agcensus 1999
- Kappa Coefficients A Critical Appraisal
Kappa coefficient and weighted kappa: critical appraisal. Issues, pros and cons, references, etc. - KS-test Data Entry
- Long list of statistics links of various sorts
Middlebury College - Peter Diggle Homepage
- References for International Statistical sources
- Some Guidelines For Implementing Spatially Explicit, Individual-Based Ecological Models Within
- Worldmapper: The world as youve never seen it before
Vegetation, Soils, Hydrology and Land Use
- A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information - Digital Soil Survey
Links to all digital soil maps available on-line or CD-ROM - Biogeophysical Products downloads - POSTEL
- CIAT (Center For International Tropical Agriculture) GISMAP Site
- Cultivation Intensity
- National Snow and Ice Data Center - NSIDC Data Search
- ESA WATER: Global NRT Product Locations
- European Forest Data Centre: Tree species maps - Species habitat suitability
- European Forest Map
- EU: Tree species suitability climate change
- GLCF Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies
- GLCF: Earth Science Data Interface
- GLCF: Earth Science Data Interface MODIS 2001 tree, bare, herb
- Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD)
ISRIC - World Soil Information. Mandate: To increase knowledge of the land, its soils in particular, and to support the sustainable use of land resources. Our aims: To inform and educate - through the World Soil Museum, public information, discussion and publication; As ICSU World Data Centre for Soils, to serve the scientific community as custodian of global soil information; To undertake applied research on land and water resources - Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD - ISRIC - World Soil Information)
- Global Map of Irrigated areas & Johan Wolfgang Goethe Universitat
- Global Land Cover 2000, EU Joint Research Centre
- Global Land Cover Classification (GLCF) Africa Lambert Projection Data Files
Digital Cartographic and Satellite Data Archives from USGS - Global Land Cover Classification, Maryland University
- Global Land Cover Facility Amazon and Central Africa Forest Change Products
- Global Land Cover Facility Continuous Fields Tree Cover Project
- Global Land Cover Facility Data
- Global Map of Irrigated Area (GMIA) IMWI
- Global map of rainfed cropland areas
IWMI Satellite sensor based - IWMI Satellite sensor based map of land use / land cover areas
- IWMI Satellite sensor based generic 628 class map
- Global Soil Moisture Data Bank
- Global Soil Regions
- Global Rainforest Mapping Project
- GTOPO30
GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) resulting from a collaborative effort led by the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. GTOPO30 was developed to meet the needs of the geospatial data user community for regional and continental scale 30-arc second elevation data. - Global Vegetation and Land use
From GISS Columbia University - First global land cover map at 300 m resolution
The POSTEL Service Centre has produced the first global land cover map at 300 m resolution, that discriminates the land surfaces in 22 classes representatives of the continental ecosystems. It is a preliminary version that may be viewed with a zooming capacity below. The map is derived from full resolution MERIS / ENVISAT data acquired in the period May 2005 - April 2006. It is produced in the framework of the GLOBCOVER project from ESA, which has appointed POSTEL / Medias-France as Prime Contractor for this project. - Global wetland project
- GLOBCOVER project presentation from POSTEL
- GLOBCOVER ESA Ionia
European Space Agency - HYDRO1k documentation
Derived from GTOPO30. - HydroSHEDS
Global River Network from SRTM - International Water Management Institute IWMI Home Page
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) offers online resources such as findings, publications, links on water use in agriculture and integrated management of water and land resources in developing countries.IWMI is a non-profit scientific research organization specializing in improving water and land resources management for food, livelihoods and nature. - IIASA Land Use Systems Group: Land Use Change - CD-ROMS
LUC Project Description - Land Use Change Project at IIASA
Land Use Change Project Description - Landsat NASA Pathfinder deforestation-UMD
- European Topic Centre on Land Use and Spatial Information
The ETC-LUSI is supporting the European Environment Agency (EEA) in monitoring the land use/land cover change in Europe and analyzing the environmental consequences. - Mapping of Soil and Terrain Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe (SOVEUR)
- NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Program
- NASA World Wind
- NSRI Soil Horizon (UK)
- The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center: ORNL DAAC Search
- SAGE Data Models
- Soil Constraints
from FAO World Soil Map - SoilGrids 1km data From ISRIC
- Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia (ASSOD)
- Suitability for rain-fed crops (maximizing technology mix)
- The European Soil database
- The FAO/AGL - Land and Water Digital Media Series
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Land and Water Development Division - Land and Water Digital Media Series - The FAO Digital Soil Map of the World (DSMW)
- The FAO Global Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER)
- Soil Moisture Descriptions - POSTEL
- UNEP GRID Land Use
- Vmap0, Non Perennial Inland Water Areas of the World
- Vmap0, Perennial Inland Water Areas of the World
- Vmap0, Non-Perennial Water Courses (Rivers) of the World
- Vmap0, Perennial Water Courses (Rivers) of the World
- Wetlands and other Usda Data
- World Intact Forests Greenpeace