Data Use - Transboundary River Basins: Status and Trends
United Nations Environment Programme—April 2016
For a report assessing the world’s 286 transboundary river basins, SEDAC data were used in the calculation of three indicators: economic dependence on water resources, societal wellbeing levels, and the risk of climate-related hazards.
Data Use - Urban Exposure to Floods and Droughts
Global Environmental Change - January 15, 2016
Changing Global Patterns of Urban Exposure to Flood and Drought Hazards
Data Use - Visualizing the Extent of Cropland and Pastures
Food: An Atlas – June 11, 2014
The cropland and pasture data distributed by SEDAC are presented as cartograms, in which land area is replaced by extent of crops and pastures, to better visualize the global distribution and production of food around the world.
Map Gallery - Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v4
Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v4
A map collection featuring global gridded population count and density for 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020
Map Gallery - Gridded Species Distribution
Gridded Species Distribution
A map collection featuring richness grids for amphibian and mammal families
Map Gallery - Satellite-Derived Environmental Indicators
Satellite-Derived Environmental Indicators
A map collection featuring data derived from satellite observations such as global atmospheric particulate matter and the urban heat island
Tools and Apps - SEDAC Hazards and Population Mapper (HazPop)
The Hazards and Population Mapper (HazPop) is a free mobile application that enables users to easily display recent natural hazard data in relationship to population, major infrastructure, and satellite imagery.
Tools and Apps - Population Estimation Service (PES)
The Population Estimation Service is a Web-based service for estimating population totals and related statistics within a user-defined region. The service is accessible through three standard protocols: OGC-WPS, ArcGIS-REST and ArcGIS-SOAP.
Tools and Apps - SEDAC Map Viewer
The SEDAC Map Viewer is a Web mapping tool for visualizing all SEDAC map layers. Maps are organized by data collection and theme and up to four windows can be displayed at a time.
Theme - Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Areas
Find data sets, maps, map services, featured uses of data and other resources related to Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Areas.
Theme - Hazards and Disaster Risk
Find data sets, maps, map services, featured uses of data and other resources related to Hazards and Disaster Risk.
Theme - Urbanization and Human Settlements
Find data sets, maps, map services, featured uses of data and other resources related to Urbanization and Human Settlements.
Resource - Surveying User Satisfaction
Alex de Sherbinin, CIESIN associate director for science applications and a member of the WDS Scientific Committee, describes how the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey is an important performance metric for NASA.
Resource - Crowdsourcing Data and Quality Control
SEDAC has led an effort to validate data contributed by some two million volunteers through OpenStreetMap in preparation for the Global Roads Open Access Data Set (gROADS) version 2.
Resource - Rapid Assessment of Hazards
A simple, online tool for estimating the population living in proximity to hazardous events as well as human settlements and major facilities such as dams and nuclear power plants.