Back to Klaus Jacobi's Disk-WorldThe following is a list of links to webpages which contain geographic data - most of them free or at reasonable cost. The list includes worldwide hydrometeorologic data as well. All these data can be downloaded, but usually need a GIS for visualisation and analysis.
| Link | Description | Language |
|---|---|---|
| DIVA-GIS free spatial data | Lots of free GIS Data, some of them fairly recent. Raster data (including land cover and population) come in DIVA-GIS format which can be transformed using 'R'. | English |
| Global Administrative Areas | Administrative boundaries in 4 different file formats: ESRI shapefile, ESRI Personal Geodatabase, KML and R. | English |
| GIS Data Depot | Lots of free or low-cost GIS data: vector data, tabular data, DEMs, Satellite images. DCW-data are sadly outdated! | English |
| GeoNames | Contains over eight million geographical names of numerous sources, updated daily. | English |
| World Gazetteer | Population data arranged by country (administrative units and larger towns). Data are available as text lists and in KML. | German, English, French, Spanish |
| Global Land Cover Facility | Satellite data (Landsat Thematic Mapper) in various resolutions and qualities (MrSID and GeoTIFF) | English |
| CGIR Consortium for Spatial Information | SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data | English |
| GRDC | Global Runoff Data Center located in Koblenz / Germany | English |
| The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) | Regionalised monthly rainfall data series (ASCII files) from year 1901 onwards | English |
| WORLDCLIM | Various monthly climate data, statistically summarised and gridded under consideration of elevation model. Includes forecasts up to year 2050 obtained by various climate models. IPCC 3 | English |
| CIAT-GCM data | Downscaled data from Global Climate Models (GCM). IPCC 4 | English |
| TIGGE | Worldwide weather forecasts up to 16 days. From various institutions. Data are in GRIB2 format. Requires registration for download. | English |
| Spatial Reference | Fairly complete list of spatial references (e.g. combinations of projection and datum; for all major GIS desktop and webserver software systems. | English |
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status: 01.02.2012 - 13 links listed