Thread by @yohaniddawela

We can now easily access over 18,000 geospatial datasets instantly, for free.

Here's everything you need to know about the Geospatial Data Catalog:

Finding the right geospatial dataset can be incredibly frustrating.

We sift through Google Earth Engine, Humanitarian Data Exchange, etc, only to come up empty-handed.

We'll often conclude the dataset we need simply doesn’t exist.

So I was absolutely thrilled to discover the Geospatial Data Catalog.

It’s a new free tool that catalogs more than 18,000 (free) geospatial datasets.

Link: geospatial.community

For each dataset, they provide info on the:

• Time-series
• Spatial resolution
• Dataset description
• Key variables of the dataset
• Link to the website so you can download the data

It was built by Rob Johnsen, who creates geospatial platforms for the World Bank.

It’s still in beta testing.

Rob says he's keen for any feedback or suggestions you have.

You can even add new datasets if you notice something missing:

The hope is that this tool becomes driven by the community.

We can:

• submit new datasets
• provide feedback on data descriptions, and
• help improve the discoverability of geospatial data.

This will help grow the size of the geospatial pie for all of us.

And if you like geospatial datasets, you might enjoy this post on geospatial GDP estimates:


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