Weather
Best free default for global weather and simple air-quality context.
Strong US fallback when alerting and official US products matter.
Good future complement for historical climate views.
10-year historical climate trends for temperature and precipitation.
Global solar resource and climate normals.
Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System (AMeDAS) providing real-time temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity from nationwide network.
Real-time weather observations and cyclone alerts covering 36 meteorological subdivisions across India.
Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) with real-time AQI, PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, O3 from ~500 stations.
Real-time weather observations and alerts from 600+ stations across Australia, including cyclone warnings and severe weather alerts.
Real-time tropical cyclone forecasts, severe weather warnings, and climate hazard alerts (flooding, drought, heat) for South America.
Real-time temperature, wind, humidity, and alerts for heat waves, dust storms, and extreme weather in MENA region.
Real-time weather observations and typhoon/rainstorm alerts from 2,500+ stations nationwide.
ERA5-Land reanalysis climate data covering temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation, soil moisture across Europe.
Real-time weather observations from 400+ automated weather stations (AWS) across German meteorological service network, representative of EU national services.
Real-time weather observations and monsoon/drought alerts from 36 meteorological subdivisions across Nigeria.
Real-time weather observations and drought status from Kenya KMD, Enhanced National Climate Services (ENACTS) project.
Real-time weather and 400+ seismic sensors covering Indonesia's Ring of Fire. Tsunami warning system integrated (INATEWS).
Real-time weather observations from 50+ automated weather stations (AWS) across Thailand; monsoon and heat-wave alerts.
Real-time weather, rainfall, and hydrological forecasts from 172+ meteorological stations across Vietnam.
Regional SE Asia weather coordination, haze monitoring, seasonal rainfall forecasts, ENSO outlooks covering all 10 ASEAN member states.
Terrain
Current GeoSight terrain source for US coordinates.
Best future global fallback for elevation outside the US.
Soil type, drainage class, depth to water table, and depth to bedrock.
Global fallback for non-US soil profiles — provides clay/silt/sand texture, WRB soil class, drainage class, and hydrologic group derived from composition.
Hazards
Current GeoSight hazard baseline for recent seismic activity.
Best free next-step global wildfire layer.
Current global disaster-alert feed for major sudden-onset and ongoing disaster notifications.
Current GeoSight flood-zone source for US parcel and infrastructure risk context.
Global flood context for non-US coordinates — peak discharge tier (Low / Moderate / Significant / Major) as FEMA fallback.
Site-specific seismic acceleration and design parameters (SS, S1, PGA) for US infrastructure risk.
For non-US coordinates: M3+ event count and maximum magnitude in 400 km / 5 yr window → qualitative seismic exposure tier (Very Low → Very High).
Global flood probabilistic hazard maps derived from satellite rainfall and hydrologic modeling (1 km resolution).
CHIRPS rainfall at 5 km resolution combined with Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) for multi-month drought assessment.
Global Earthquake Model (GEM) probabilistic seismic hazard maps at 1 km resolution with PGA (Peak Ground Acceleration) and spectral acceleration.
Japan Seismic Hazard Information Station (J-SHIS) provides PGA and spectral acceleration at 475-year return period (design standard) via WMS GetFeatureInfo.
Comprehensive multi-hazard portal (Kasaneru) covering flood, tsunami, sediment flow, storm surge, debris flow inundation zones with depth estimates.
JMA hypocenter data and tsunami threat assessment. Real-time earthquake detection and alerts for Japan and Western Pacific region.
ISRO Bhuvan platform providing landslide susceptibility, flood-prone zones, and glacial lake hazard maps covering ~80k mapped landslide events.
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) with Fire Weather Index (FWI), Build-Up Index (BUI), and active wildfire incidents across Canada.
Real-time earthquake locations and magnitudes plus seismic hazard assessment (475-year return period PGA) for Canada's seismically active regions.
Multi-hazard assessment including earthquake hazard (475-year PGA), flood risk, and landslide susceptibility for all of Australia.
Real-time earthquake locations, magnitudes, and depths plus seismic hazard assessment for South America's active zones (Peru, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador).
Real-time earthquake locations and magnitudes for seismically active MENA zones (Turkey, Iran, Morocco, East Africa Rift).
Real-time earthquake locations and magnitudes for seismically active zones (western China, Himalayan region).
European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) providing real-time flood inundation mapping and river discharge forecasts.
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PGA) for South Africa with real-time earthquake locations from Council for Geoscience network.
GEM probabilistic seismic hazard models covering Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), West Africa (WAF), East Africa (EAF) regions. Integrates USGS and national earthquake catalogs.
Hydrology
Current GeoSight hydrology source for nearby stream gauges and discharge context.
Groundwater level and well depth context for subsurface hydrology.
India Water Resources Information System with real-time discharge and water-level data from 1,300+ CWC monitoring stations.
Water Survey of Canada real-time discharge and water-level data from 2,100+ monitoring stations across Canada's river network.
Real-time discharge and water-level data from 2,000+ monitoring stations across Australian rivers and watersheds.
Real-time discharge and water-level data from Nile and major MENA rivers (critical for water-scarce regions).
Real-time discharge and water-level data from 3,000+ stations (Yellow River, Yangtze, major rivers).
Environmental quality
Current GeoSight fine-particle air-quality source when a nearby monitoring station is available.
Current GeoSight contamination-screening source for Superfund and TRI proximity.
European contamination screening complement to US EPA Envirofacts.
Real-time air quality data from ~600 monitoring stations including O3, NO2, PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO across Canada.
Real-time air quality data from 300+ monitoring stations with AQI and pollutant concentrations (O3, NO2, PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO).
Real-time air quality and Saharan dust storm monitoring (PM2.5, PM10, AQI, visibility) critical for MENA region.
Real-time AQI and pollutant concentrations (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO) from 1,000+ stations nationwide.
Demographics
Current GeoSight US demographic baseline.
Current Europe demographic and household-connectivity baseline for GeoSight.
Global fallback when only national indicators are available.
Population density
Global population density at 100 m–1 km resolution derived from census data and geospatial covariates.
Schools
Current GeoSight baseline school dataset.
Current state-level school accountability enhancement.
Broadband
Current GeoSight broadband availability source for US connectivity context.
Useful global fallback only when a connectivity proxy is acceptable.
Nearby places
Global POI baseline; school-location fallback for non-US coordinates via amenity=school/kindergarten query.
Good landmark fallback when OSM coverage is sparse.
Imagery
Current GeoSight imagery layer for the globe experience.
Best future open remote-sensing catalog for imagery cards.
Good open fallback for satellite-backed analysis.
Land cover
Authoritative satellite-derived global land cover using UN-LCCS class scheme. Complements OSM-derived land use proxy.
Real-time satellite deforestation monitoring for Amazon and Atlantic Forest with daily alert processing and risk assessment.
Annual LULC classification with 1m spatial resolution covering entire South American continent (Brazil, Amazon Basin, Atlantic Forest).
Pan-European Land Cover Classification (22-class LCCS) from Sentinel-2 satellites, updated annually.