The following websites can be used for downloading spatial data.
URL: https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search
Account required: yes (free)
Imagery: similar to the USGS Earth Explorer but focused on earth observation
URL: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Account required: no
Imagery: Terra, MODIS
For additional help visit https://earthdata.nasa.gov/faq/worldview-gibs-faq#ed-worldview-faq-image-for-gis
URL: https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/aw3d30/index.htm
Account required: yes (free) - register at https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/aw3d30/registration.htm
DEM: 30m global
URL: https://scihub.copernicus.eu/
Complete, free and open access to Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-5P user products, starting from the In-Orbit Commissioning Review (IOCR).
See also: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/sentinel-data-access
URL: https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Account required: yes (free)
Imagery: Landsat archive up to Landsat 8, Sentinel 2, IKONOS-2, Orbview-3 DEM: STM 1-arc, GOTOPO30, ASTER Land cover: GLCC
URL: South Africa Topographic Map (openstreetmap.org). https://htonl.dev.openstreetmap.org/ngi-tiles/#7/-29.688/23.972
URL: http://www.cdngiportal.co.za/cdngiportal
All datasets available from the Surveyor General of South Africa (raster and vector, vector at 1:50 000 scale)
URL: https://www.diva-gis.org/gdata
Account required: no
Data: general data per country
URL: https://egis.environment.gov.za/
Account required: yes (free)
Data: NLC, marine protected areas, protected areas, conservation areas
URL: http://sarva2.dirisa.org/metadata/department-of-water-and-sanitation
Account required: no
Data: hydrology related Groundwater data available at: http://www.dwa.gov.za/Groundwater/data.aspx
Account required: no
URL: http://www.demarcation.org.za/site/shapefiles/
Outlines of municipal boundaries (district, metro, ward, etc.)
URL: https://openup.org.za/tools/dataportal.html, access the data provision section directly at https://datahub.io/pi
Account required: no
Data: a wide range of freely-available datasets
URL: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=5/-28.676/24.677
How to download the data: https://learnosm.org/en/osm-data/getting-data/
Data: crowdsourced topographic data
Account required: no
Data: biodiversity related data
URL: http://sarva2.dirisa.org/resources/search-data
Account required: depends, the resource also links to external datasets
Data: anything related to hydrology and vulnerability
URL: https://open.africa/dataset/africa-shapefiles
URL: https://mapcruzin.com/free-gis-software-tools.htm
URL: https://www.diva-gis.org/Data
URL: https://egis.environment.gov.za/data_egis/data_download/current
URL: https://www.igismap.com/south-africa-shapefile-download-boundary-line-polygon/
*Adapted from UP data sources
Last modified: Tue Mar 12 05:55:10 SAST 2024