Finding Geographic Data

Welcome to Spatial Data World: to be credible, data has to be relevant and authoritative.

This page identifies authoritative sources of geospatial data and resources.

Geospatial Data Sources

• AidData
• Ancient World Mapping Center
• AfricaMap
• About the Digital Chart of the World Data Documentation
• Corine Land Cover 2006
• CGIAR-CSI
• Diva-GIS: Download Data by Country
• Digital Chart of the World Data
• European Environment Agency, Data and Maps
• EuroGeographics Open Data
• European Union Open Data Portal
• EarthExplorer
• East View Geospatial LandScan Global Archive
• Esri, ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
• FAO, Global Land cover Share Database (2013
• FAO GeoNetwork
• FAO Map Catalog
• Free GIS Data
• GADM (database of global administrative areas)
• GEO Portal
• GeoFrabrik
• Government of Canada, Open Data, Open Maps
• Google Earth
• Global Elevation Models
• Harvard Geospatial Library
• HERE Sample Map Data
• Historical National Boundaries (University of Minnesota)
• Humanitarian Data Exchange

• Inspire Geoportal (European Union)
• International Open Data Site
• International Monetary Fund
• LandScan Global
• LandScan Frequently asked questions (EastView page)
• Maxar Open Data
• MPIDR Population History GIS Collection
• Natural Earth Data
• National Centers for Environmental Information
• Open Topography
• Open Sea Map
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), LandScan Documentation
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), LandScan Frequently asked questions:
• Open Street Map
• USGS FEWS NET Data Portal
• USAID Spatial Data Repository
• USGS Elevation Products
• VMap background
• VMap0 Download
• VMap1 Download
• World Pop (Central and South America, Africa, Asia)
• World Resources Institute