Geospatial (GIS), Maps & Aerial Photography resources

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world.

This server has data extracts from the OpenStreetMap project which are normally updated every day.

A huge number of spatial open data sets from orginisations all over the world. The difficulty is searching though it all to find the data you need.

United States Geological Survey. U.S.Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment.

Vector Map Level 0 is a version of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) Digital Chart of the World (DCW®). The VMap Worldwide coverage of vector-based geospatial data at 1:1,000,000 scale

Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales

Offered without restriction. These datasets are intended to aid in emergency preparedness, readiness, response, and recovery missions; risk assessments; site suitability studies; and other applications.

Digital geographic information in 1 km resolution covering the earth's surface with standardized specifications

The United Nations Geospatial is comprised of a team of geospatial experts in the Office of Information and Communications Technology

The Geographic Names Server is the official repository of standard spellings of all foreign place names, sanctioned by the United States Board. The database also contains variant spellings (cross-references).

Provides access to nationally significant geospatial datasets that include topographic, hydrographic, survey, titles and geodetic data.

Find the map you need at 1:250,000 (Topo250) or 1:50,000 (Topo50) scale by selecting the relevant region.

UK Ordnance Survey Data - Enabling you to analyse your data, build interactive websites and create stunning visuals.

The official portal for European data

European National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities. Maps, geospatial and land information for Europe.

Africamap is housed at the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University

Here you will find U.S.A. Gov. data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations.

Hourly Global Rainfall Map. Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP). Guide - https://sharaku.eorc.jaxa.jp/GSMaP/guide.html

Concise and reliable information on the strengths and limitations of the key observational data sets, tools and methods used to evaluate (or initialize or force) Earth system models.

The GHO map gallery includes an extensive list of maps on major health topics.
Maps are classified by themes and can be further searched by keyword.

Building outlines covering Africa, South Asia, South-East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean derived from high-resolution satellite imagery

OpenRailwayMap (previously called "Bahnkarte") is a detailed online map of the world's railway infrastructure

Digital geographic information, profile location material and a 75 year+ archive of maps

Marine Regions is an integration of the VLIMAR Gazetteer and the VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase.

Interactive Plate Tectonic Reconstructions
Interactive Surface Dynamic Topography
PyGPlates Reconstruction Services

ASTER Earth Sciences data archive. ALL products are available to all users at no cost. Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) datasets and more.

GDEM is a DEM covering all the land on earth, and available to all users regardless of size or location.

GEBCO's aim is to provide the most authoritative publicly-available bathymetry of the world's oceans

DEM represents ground surface topography, with vegetation features removed using an automatic process supported by several vegetation maps.

Many applications display KML, including Google Earth, Google Maps, NASA WorldWind, ESRI ArcGIS Explorer, Adobe PhotoShop and AutoCAD,.

OpenTopography facilitates community access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented, topography data. Mostly of USA