{"id":4039,"date":"2021-02-21T09:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T09:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/47.106.156.26:8081\/WordPress\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2021-06-14T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:12:39","slug":"10-free-gis-data-sources-best-global-raster-and-vector-datasets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/?p=4039","title":{"rendered":"10 Free GIS Data Sources Best Global Raster and Vector Datasets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4039\" class=\"elementor elementor-4039\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc08b9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc08b9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae59b96\" data-id=\"ae59b96\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a8720b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a8720b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<h6>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/best-free-gis-data-sources-raster-vector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GIS Geography<\/a><\/h6>\n<h4>10 Free GIS Data Sources<\/h4>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">We live in the information age. We get blasted by truckloads of information each day. In terms of <strong>free GIS data sources<\/strong>, it seems never-ending.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">So that\u2019s why we\u2019ve put together this list to turbo-charge your search for reputable and free GIS data.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">In other words: these 10 free GIS data sets are the best of the best.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">We can ensure that all are from <strong>authoritative sources<\/strong>. Let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n\n<h3><span id=\"1-Esri-Open-Data-Hub\">1. Esri Open Data Hub<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-925c1a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"925c1a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a822486\" data-id=\"a822486\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e37ef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e37ef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"257\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60b637e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60b637e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9086b81\" data-id=\"9086b81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-801face elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"801face\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">In 2020, the <a href=\"http:\/\/opendata.arcgis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Esri Open Data Hub<\/strong><\/a> is a hidden gold mine of free GIS data. For example, it now houses over <strong>250,000+ open data sets<\/strong> from <strong>5,000+ organizations<\/strong> worldwide. For this reason, we have it at the top of our list of free GIS data.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nIn some cases, you\u2019ll have to sift through piles of data because they\u2019re not conveniently merged into one. Despite the extra effort, this is still arguably your best chance to find exactly what you\u2019re looking for.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nIn any case, the search is convenient with a map preview of the extent and table. Alternatively, you can search by topic or location and download data in multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/gis-formats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GIS formats<\/strong><\/a>. Ultimately, there is nothing more thorough for GIS data than the Esri Open Data Hub.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3aad5e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3aad5e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2118653\" data-id=\"2118653\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268e9e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"268e9e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"727\" height=\"218\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz1.jpg 727w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz1-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d5d6e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d5d6e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20b0142\" data-id=\"20b0142\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8638a9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8638a9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"2-Natural-Earth-Data\">2. Natural Earth Data<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64afef8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64afef8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a712ee8\" data-id=\"a712ee8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18749bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18749bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz2.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz2-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0ae4f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0ae4f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5e43ac\" data-id=\"c5e43ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad444f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ad444f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalearthdata.com\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Natural Earth Data<\/strong><\/a> is number 2 on the list because it best suits the needs of cartographers. By and large, all the key cultural and physical vector GIS datasets are on a global scale conveniently for you to use. The raster datasets also provide beautiful hill shade relief for your map.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nThe best part is Natural Earth Data is in <strong>public domain<\/strong>. So this means that you have the right to use, modify, and disseminate the data in any manner.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nHere\u2019s more <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/natural-earth-data-free-gis-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>details for Natural Earth data<\/strong><\/a>. From a cartography standpoint, it\u2019s a no-brainer. Download Natural Earth Data now.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d76232 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d76232\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b587fb\" data-id=\"8b587fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bab5b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bab5b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"696\" height=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz3.jpg 696w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz3-300x81.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd729c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd729c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d39a8cb\" data-id=\"d39a8cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cecb754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cecb754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"3-USGS-Earth-Explorer\">3. USGS Earth Explorer<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c33f57b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c33f57b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a04a715\" data-id=\"a04a715\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50ff1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b50ff1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz4.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz4-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d2a972 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d2a972\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0e1106\" data-id=\"c0e1106\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29020d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b29020d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">For satellite and aerial imagery, the <a href=\"https:\/\/earthexplorer.usgs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>USGS Earth Explorer<\/strong><\/a> is one of the largest free sources of data. The best part? You can download data <strong>outside of the United States<\/strong> too.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5024ae4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5024ae4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31c971a\" data-id=\"31c971a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-204e2e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"204e2e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz5.png 150w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz5-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa10201 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa10201\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-945ecc5\" data-id=\"945ecc5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-729d5c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"729d5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">A friendly user-interface makes accessing remote sensing data simple. In fact, it even has a bulk download application if you need to download more than one data set.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nRegistration is free. If you\u2019re looking for other satellite data providers, check our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/free-satellite-imagery-data-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>15 free satellite imagery sources<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad5dd49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad5dd49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e98a746\" data-id=\"e98a746\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c7822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52c7822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"697\" height=\"186\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz6.jpg 697w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz6-300x80.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b72b745 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b72b745\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b8a9f0\" data-id=\"5b8a9f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac0e9a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac0e9a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"4-OpenStreetMap\">4. OpenStreetMap<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e34133 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e34133\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5544ad2\" data-id=\"5544ad2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4213f2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4213f2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"218\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz7.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz7.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz7-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57e5211 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57e5211\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e010e8\" data-id=\"8e010e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4729893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4729893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">GIS users are harnessing the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/openstreetmap-download-osm-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OpenStreetMap (OSM)<\/strong><\/a> as a means to crowdsourced data. The result of crowd-sourcing is highly detailed data. But I say detailed with cautious optimism.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nWhile OSM is open to the public, it\u2019s also created by the public. So this means that accuracy varies based on the creator. From my experience, accuracy is very good. And people like you and me are working on completeness every day.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nFor GIS analysts seeking free GIS data at a street level, OSM is exactly what you are looking for. For example, it may be the <strong>biggest inventory of buildings<\/strong> in the world.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nHow much data is being created every second into OpenStreetMap? There\u2019s a map for that \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/osmlab.github.io\/show-me-the-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OSM Show Me The Way<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6aa8114 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6aa8114\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76f19cb\" data-id=\"76f19cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11b1601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11b1601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"701\" height=\"128\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz8.jpg 701w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz8-300x55.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4ab3e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4ab3e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d2a4ac\" data-id=\"7d2a4ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a69a6af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a69a6af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"5-NASAs-Socioeconomic-Data-and-Applications-Center-SEDAC\">5. NASA\u2019s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e39cb07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e39cb07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7942ac7\" data-id=\"7942ac7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7e336 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c7e336\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz9.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz9-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50c95c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50c95c4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5382e4e\" data-id=\"5382e4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861d170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"861d170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">NASA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)<\/strong><\/a> shows human interactions with the environment. SEDAC has a wide variety of coarse global free GIS data.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nFor example, their flagship data product is a <strong>gridded population<\/strong> of the world. With 800+ citations, it includes population characteristics such as age, education, and density. And the global urban and local populations extents come from nighttime lights\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nI like the SEDAC map viewer because you can select GIS thematic maps of the socioeconomic data. If you want to assemble the data yourself, there\u2019s that option too.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f99d3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f99d3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ec6816\" data-id=\"3ec6816\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-984b4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"984b4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"698\" height=\"157\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz10.jpg 698w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz10-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f02679 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f02679\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09613ff\" data-id=\"09613ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-851e4dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"851e4dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"6-Open-Topography\">6. Open Topography<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02ab0e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02ab0e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8daae28\" data-id=\"8daae28\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f241b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f241b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz11.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz11.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz11-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cddf11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cddf11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0730d4d\" data-id=\"0730d4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9b764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc9b764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opentopography.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Open Topography<\/strong><\/a> provides a portal to high spatial resolution topographic data and tools. In particular, it houses <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/lidar-light-detection-and-ranging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LiDAR Data<\/strong><\/a>, which is a rare, precious resource nowadays.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nCurrently, Open Topography has collected <strong>300 high resolution datasets<\/strong>. Most are point clouds. But some are just available in raster format. Their data map shows the most available data is in the United States. But data is also available in Europe, Asia, and Australia too.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nIf you can\u2019t find LiDAR data for your area of interest, the next best thing is a <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/free-global-dem-data-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>global DEM<\/strong><\/a>. These free GIS data sets are also available on Open Topography too.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fded18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fded18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfc1321\" data-id=\"cfc1321\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9c7ec1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9c7ec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"698\" height=\"215\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz12.jpg 698w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz12-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb0cc0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb0cc0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1250078\" data-id=\"1250078\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd2f2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acd2f2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"7-UNEP-Environmental-Data-Explorer\">7. UNEP Environmental Data Explorer<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eda884a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eda884a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1c5430\" data-id=\"c1c5430\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b632ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b632ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz123.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz123.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz123-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f14127 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f14127\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71e79dc\" data-id=\"71e79dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a99cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73a99cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geodata.grid.unep.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/strong><\/a> is the authoritative source for UN data. For example, it holds more than <strong>500 variables<\/strong> such as freshwater, climate and health.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nI must admit. I found it a bit difficult to explore the GIS data because the interface takes a while to get used to. If you click advanced, you can filter \u201cGeospatial Data Sets\u201d. From here, you can download free GIS data like climate, disasters, and ecosystems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b48e6b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b48e6b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de57ac3\" data-id=\"de57ac3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e815f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90e815f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"700\" height=\"158\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz15.jpg 700w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz15-300x68.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0408c21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0408c21\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e8368b\" data-id=\"6e8368b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9102f7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9102f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"8-NASA-Earth-Observations-NEO\">8. NASA Earth Observations (NEO)<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b26ec51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b26ec51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8e3912\" data-id=\"d8e3912\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d57c477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d57c477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz16.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz16.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz16-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-779e6b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"779e6b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c22aec4\" data-id=\"c22aec4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa06a49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa06a49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">Imagine seeing daily snapshots of climate and environmental conditions of Earth. <a href=\"http:\/\/neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NASA\u2019s Earth Observations (NEO)<\/strong><\/a> is like a real-time climate snapshot of the world.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nNEO focuses on 5 themes with <strong>50+ global datasets<\/strong>, mostly climate-related. For example, data ranges from aerosols, chlorophyll to sea surface temperature. All are free GIS data sets that you can download in JPEG, GeoTIFF, and Google Earth formats.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nWhen it comes to understanding our climate, you can\u2019t live without NASA\u2019s NEO. If you can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for, we have a whole list of <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/free-world-climate-data-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>7 free world climate data sources<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6271cf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6271cf7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9db8772\" data-id=\"9db8772\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26f825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d26f825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"221\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz18.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz18.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz18-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3272f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3272f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9bf69c\" data-id=\"c9bf69c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3991b46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3991b46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">Sentinel-2 is the highest resolution satellite imagery available to the public for free. Its interface is the <a href=\"https:\/\/scihub.copernicus.eu\/dhus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Copernicus Open Access Hub<\/strong><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nFirst, you have to register to create an account. But it\u2019s well worth the time. Next, select your area of interest by right-clicking on the map. Finally, select the S2A or S2B product you want to download and download.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nThe Copernicus Open Access Hub also stores Sentinel-1 which is <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/synthetic-aperture-radar-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>synthetic aperture radar<\/strong><\/a>. So, be careful about what you choose to download.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\n<em><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/em><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/how-to-download-sentinel-satellite-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to Download Sentinel Satellite Data for Free<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60db732 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60db732\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bdf5a4\" data-id=\"7bdf5a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5353969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5353969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"702\" height=\"217\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz19.jpg 702w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz19-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a4027a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a4027a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d2bf0d\" data-id=\"8d2bf0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe849c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe849c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"10-Terra-Populus\">10. Terra Populus<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a09cf7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a09cf7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6687ac7\" data-id=\"6687ac7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382037f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"382037f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"336\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz21.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz21.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz21-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2095653 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2095653\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dca014\" data-id=\"1dca014\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f7b23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25f7b23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrapop.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Terra Populus<\/strong><\/a> (TerraPop for short) integrates census data from over 160 countries around the world. In fact, it spans up to six decades for household-level and aggregate data for more than 80 countries.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nThe unique thing about it is how you can explore <strong>temporal and spatial changes<\/strong>. It\u2019s not only for researches. But everyone can access changes in the human-environment system for geographic space.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nTerraPop also includes your basic land cover, land use, and climate data. It\u2019s supported by the National Science Foundation and the University of Minnesota. Even now, updates keep rolling out.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69be2aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69be2aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba1bdde\" data-id=\"ba1bdde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd1ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fd1ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"698\" height=\"129\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz22.jpg 698w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz22-300x55.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69f9cb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69f9cb7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f2ba79\" data-id=\"4f2ba79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a36eab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a36eab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Bonus 1: FAO GeoNetwork<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ca0d76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ca0d76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a60e86b\" data-id=\"a60e86b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32573f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32573f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zxc5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zxc5.jpg 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/zxc5-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90d7f6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90d7f6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7536e1\" data-id=\"d7536e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d7ba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d7ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">We\u2019re going above and beyond our 10 free data sources here so this is a bit of a bonus. This one is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/geonetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FAO GeoNetwork<\/strong><\/a> which is another portal of free GIS data from the United Nations.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nThe focus of GeoNetwork is to improve <strong>global sustainable development<\/strong>. For example, global agriculture, food security, and fisheries are some of its key free GIS data.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8cd061 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8cd061\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9301049\" data-id=\"9301049\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f1783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37f1783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"701\" height=\"102\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz24.jpg 701w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz24-300x44.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1bde27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1bde27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2377f23\" data-id=\"2377f23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d42ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92d42ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Bonus 2: ISCGM Global Map<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96688e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96688e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f59ac3e\" data-id=\"f59ac3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f631552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f631552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"678\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz25.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz25.png 678w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz25-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6e0ff3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6e0ff3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65914e2\" data-id=\"65914e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e6247d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e6247d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">Unfortunately, the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) portal no longer exists. But that doesn\u2019t mean the data is gone forever. That\u2019s because ISCGM archived their data to the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalmaps.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Global Map Github<\/strong><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nGlobal Map still packs some serious punch with its free GIS data. For example, global land cover and percent tree cover are the two key datasets here. But that\u2019s not all. It has cultural and natural vector datasets here too.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nSince the move, registration is no longer required. Despite the lack of updates, ISCGM free GIS data is still a source that many of us can use in our maps.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-554a78f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"554a78f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fea57d\" data-id=\"6fea57d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3706fbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3706fbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"701\" height=\"158\" src=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz26.jpg 701w, http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/qaz26-300x68.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ce901d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ce901d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c3c4af\" data-id=\"0c3c4af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f75d7d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f75d7d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Download Free GIS Data<\/h4>\n\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">In a perfect world, you\u2019d be able to find all the <strong>free GIS data<\/strong> you need on a single website. Of course, it would have to be free, downloadable from an authoritative source.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nBut well, you know the drill. The world\u2019s not perfect, life\u2019s not fair.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nThat\u2019s why we put together this list of 10 global GIS data sets that you can download for free.\n<\/p>\n<p data-v-1311fb4e=\"\">\nUsing this list, you have instantly become more knowledgeable with these 10 free GIS data sources.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6958,"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/6958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/47.107.57.2:8081\/xmutsrsc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}