ArcGIS Guide: Sources for Data

Open data is searchable by keyword and theme, covering environmental variables of interest or more.

The USGS FEWS NET Data Portal provides access to geo-spatial data, satellite image products, and derived data products in support of FEWS NET drought monitoring efforts throughout the world. This portal is provided by the USGS FEWS NET Project, part of the Early Warning Focus Area at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.

The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open platform for sharing data across crises and organisations. Launched in July 2014, the goal of HDX is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis. Our growing collection of datasets has been accessed by users in over 200 countries and territories.

GeoPlatform.gov acts a one-stop shop for data that is also leveragable with our web services and applications. With over 160,000 datasets already registered in the Data Catalog – and planned data acquisitions in the Marketplace – GeoPlatform provides access to all your geospatial data needs.

You can find Geo-Spatial files in the World Bank Data Catalog. Most have Creative Commons licenses.