Awesome datasets

Here I provide a list of free and open-source geospatial datasets and resources.

I’ll be updating this dataset most weeks, so check back in to see what’s new. And drop me a line if you’ve found an excellent dataset you think I should include on here.

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1. Luminosity Datasets

• Colorado School of Mines’s High Resolution (VIIRS) luminosity data

• NASA Black Marble’s High Resolution (VIIRS) luminosity data

• Low resolution (DMSP-OLS) luminosity data

2. No-code geospatial platforms

• Aiddata—easily the best geospatial platform for non-coders. You can download geospatial data as a CSV.

• Global Data Lab—sub-national socio-economic data, downloadable as a CSV.

3. Open-source traffic data

• GraphHopper’s GitHub repo—links to open-source traffic data from around the world

• UTD19—largest multi-city traffic dataset publicly available

4. Free Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data

• Access Umbra’s free SAR data from skyfi.com

• Sentinel-1 SAR data from Google Earth Engine

• Alaska Satellite Facility contains several free SAR datasets