Geospatial Data Sources

Data sources I rely on

A focused collection of satellite imagery, DEMs, basemaps, vector data, and earth observation portals I use across GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry, and GeoAI projects.

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Satellite & Earth Observation
Cop
Copernicus Open Access Hub
Sentinel-1, 2, 3 and 5P imagery for earth observation.
 USGS
USGS Earth Explorer
Landsat archive, ASTER, and other remote sensing datasets.
 PC
Microsoft Planetary Computer
STAC-indexed earth observation data with scalable compute.
 NASA
NASA Earthdata
MODIS, VIIRS, and other NASA earth science datasets.
 ESA
Copernicus Sentinel
Official Sentinel mission data and product guides.
Topography & Elevation
OT
OpenTopography
Global high-resolution topography and DEM datasets.
 3DEP
USGS 3DEP
High-resolution lidar and IfSAR elevation data for the US.
 Fat
Fatiando
Open-source Python tools for geophysical and elevation data.
Basemaps & Vector Data
OSM
OpenStreetMap
Collaborative free map data and vector basemaps.
 NE
Natural Earth
Public domain vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m.
 GHSL
Global Human Settlement Layer
Built-up areas, population grids, and settlement datasets.
 WB
World Boundaries
Clean country and administrative boundary datasets.
LiDAR & Point Clouds
OT
OpenTopography
Point cloud and DEM data from airborne lidar campaigns.
 Ent
USGS Entwine Point Tiles
Streamable 3D point cloud tiles for USGS lidar data.
 PDAL
PDAL
Point cloud processing library and pipeline tool.