Geography

Geography

• Free GIS Data (Robin Wilson)
  #metadata #GIS data #physical geography #human geography #multiple countries #multiple datasets
  
  

• GeoNetwork (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
  #climate #physical geography #human geography #agriculture #transportation #GIS data #multiple datasets
  
  

• Earthdata (NASA)
  #atmosphere #climate #solar radiance #land #ocean #ice #ecosystems #human geography #agriculture #GIS data #multiple datasets

Administrative Division and Names

• Natural Earth (North American Cartographic Information Society)
  #administrative division #infrastructure #timezones #physical geography #GIS data #raster data #multiple datasets
  
  

• Database of Global Administrative Areas
  #GADM #administrative division #GIS data #multiple countries
  
  

• GeoNames Search (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)
  #geographic name variants #multiple countries

Nightlight

• Earth Observation Group (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) [archived], Earth Observation Group (Colorado School of Mines) [new]
  #nighttime lights #since 1992 #nightfire #gas flaring #boat detection #satellite data #GIS data #monthly data #annual data

Population Distribution

• LandScan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  #population count per 1x1km cell #GIS data #mesh data #2000-2019 #requires registration
  
  

• World Database of Large Urban areas (Nordpil)
  #urban population #GIS data #since 1950