SOURCES OF GIS & REMOTELY SENSED DATA
SOURCES OF GIS, CLIMATE & REMOTELY SENSED DATA
|TYPE |URL |FORMAT |RECC. SOFTWARE |
|Various socio-economic | |CSV, XLS & XML |Excel & ArcGIS |
|Country Administrative | |ESRI SHP (zipped)|ArcGIS (can import to |
|Boundaries | | |Idrisi) |
|Global/Continental | |ESRI SHP (zipped)|ArcGIS (can import to |
|Administrative | | |Idrisi) |
|Boundaries | | | |
|Current World Climate | |ESRI GRD (zipped)|ArcGIS (can import |
|Averages data | |& |Binary into Idrisi) |
|(min/max/mean | |Generic Binary | |
|Temperature, rainfall, | | | |
|bioclim/altitude) | | | |
|Future World Climate | |Generic Binary |ArcGIS and Idrisi |
|Averages data (from | | | |
|climate models) |and | | |
|(Temperature & rainfall)| | | |
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|Past World Climate | |Generic Binary |ArcGIS and Idrisi |
|Average reconstructed | | | |
|(min/max Temperature, | | | |
|rainfall, bioclim) | | | |
|Climate maps available | |ASCII and |ArcGIS, Idrisi and QGIS|
|to download as GeoTIFF | |GeoTIFF | |
|90 metre global Digital | |GeoTIFF & ArcINFO|ArcGIS, Erdas Imagine |
|Elevation Model data | |Ascii |and Idrisi |
|1990/2000 Landsat Images| |MrSid |Convert for |
| | | |Idrisi/ArcGIS |
|European environmental | |various |various |
|data: maps and charts | | | |
|Epidemiological disease | |various |Various |
|maps and data | | | |
|USGS GLOVIS: Landsat, | |various (includes|Idrisi and ArcGIS |
|ASTER, EO-1, MODIS, | |GeoTIFF) | |
|TERRALOOK raw data |(requires free registration) | | |
|Global NOAA-AVHRR Data | |various |Idrisi and ArcGIS |
|USGS Global Ecosystems | |Ascii Grid, |Idrisi and ArcGIS |
|data | |GeoTIFF, Erdas | |
| | |Imagine | |
|Global Meteorological |Step-by-step download instructions: |.CSV |Excel |
|Data archive | | | |
|Meteorological & Climate| |Various text |Excel |
|data | | | |
|NCDC climate & | |Various |various |
|meteorology data | | | |
|UN-FAO Geo-spatial | |various |ArcGIS and Idrisi |
|network data | | | |
|FAO World Climate Data :| |software |All |
|software & database | | | |
|package | | | |
|SRTM 90 metre Digital | and |GeoTIFF |ArcGIS and Idrisi |
|Elevation Data | |(zipped) | |
|Natural Earth vector and| |various |Idrisi and ArcGIS |
|raster map data | | | |
|Africa: environmental | |.SHP and .IMG |Windisp, Idrisi and |
|raster and country | | |ArcGIS |
|boundary vector | | | |
|OpenStreetMap mapping | |.PNG, JPEG, .SVG,|ArcGIS and Idrisi |
|and cartography data | |.PDF | |
|Various sources of data | |various |All |
|covering a wide variety | | | |
|of themes | | | |
|Open StreetMap (OSM) | |Choose Shapefile |All |
|Shapefiles for many | |options | |
|urban areas in the world| | | |
|Sea-Surface Temperature | |GeoTIFF |All |
|maps | | | |
|Africa & Asia Rainfall | |GeoTIFF |All |
|Estimates | | | |
|World population data | |GeoTIFF |All |
|USGS/NASA Global data | |Various |All |
|Explorer | | | |
|MEA Earthserver | |Various |All |
|Climate4You | |Various |All |
|Health data and | |Numerical |All |
|statistics (WHO) | | | |
|Malaria Data and country| |Numerical |All |
|statistics | | | |
|Free Open Data from | |SHP files |All |
|Ordnance Survey (UK) | | | |
|Climatic Data sets | |Various |All |
|Climate Research Unit at| | | |
|UEA | | | |
|IPCC Data | |Various |All |
|ESRI Health and Climate | |Various |All |
|Open Data | | | |
|Free and open access to | |Various |All |
|biodiversity data | | | |
|Smithsonian Institute | |Excel |Excel |
|Volcano Database | | | |
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FREE GIS/IMAGE PROCESSING/CONVERSION/VISUALISATION SOFTWARE
|DIVA | |
|WINDISP | |
|QGIS | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED |
|GRASS | |
|MAPWINDOW | |
|MYGEODATA | |
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|HUMIDITY | |
|PAST | |
ONLINE TOOLS
|Humidity calculator | |
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USEFUL LINKS
COMMON FILE FORMATS
.ZIP – compressed ZIP archive .IMG – Erdas Imagine
.TIF/.TIFF – GeoTIFF format .SHP – Shape (vector) file
.BIN – Generic binary format .RRD = Erdas Imagine Image Statistics file
.ASC – Ascii format
.TXT – Test format
.CSV – Comma delimited (text) format
File format help database:
REMEMBER: Large datasets are often compressed into an archive file – to save time transmitting them down the internet. These archives often have file extensions such as .ZIP, .GZIP, .TAR or .GZ etc. A very good universal file un-archiver (which is free) is called 7-ZIP and can be downloaded from: You would need to use a program like 7-zip to decompress your downloaded data BEFORE attempting to open it in your GIS software.
USE CLICKABLE LINKS BY DOWNLOADING THIS FILE ELECTRONICALLY HERE:
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