Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources/GIS sources and palettes

 — This Gis sources & palettes page aims to collect, list, and describe quickly suitable GIS files available online, but also to provide styles/palettes files to use within our softwares. So:

1. if an interesting GIS files is available online, please add its description and download link using the fresh {{GIS data for Graphic Lab}} template
2. since the Graphic labs developed a set of Map Conventions with encouraged colors, the page will be completed accordingly.

If not indicated otherwise, these resources are under PD license. The few files preceded by   have either copyright restrictions or technical issues (bug). Better, those preceded by   are wonderful tools and must have of the wiki-GIS mapmaker.

How to use this page ?

GIS sources

The GIS files found online are described using the {{GIS data for Graphic Lab}} template, with the following parameters when available:

Horizontal list
{{GIS data for Graphic Lab |name= |url_download= |publisher= |year= |license= |tag= |url_doc= |layers= |precision_max= |covered_area= |datum= |projection = |extensions= |size_compressed= |size_uncompressed= |tile_size= |tiles_total= |comment = |editor_note= }}

For ⁰arc (arc-second), and 'arc (arc-mintute), see Minute of arc#Cartography.

Palettes

To use the QGis palettes, simply copy-paste the code into a text document, then save as PALETTENAME.qml. Then, in QGis and while working on a layer :

QGis > Layer > Properties > Load a style > [browse, select the .qml file, load] > Apply

It is advised to create a specific '/Mapcolors' folder to store these .qml files.

Files types

• Shapefiles : are a data exchange format created by ESRI and one of the most widely used GIS/geodata formats. One "shapefile" usually include four different files : .shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj. First three files must all be present in order to use the data. Each shapefile can hold only one geometry type. The projection information contained in the .prj file is critical in order to understand the data contained in the .shp file correctly. Because shapefiles are widely used they can be combined with other geodata and used inside GIS (Geographic Information Systems), such as the open source QGIS application.

Topography/Bathymetry

Scope: positive (topography), neutral (coastlines), and negative (bathymetry) altitudes. Exclude: Mars, Moon, and water bodies (rivers, lakes), for this, see specific sections.

QGis > Colormap "Wikicarto_2.0.qml"

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Files

•  NGDC-NOAA: ETOPO1 (2009, Public domain). Specifics: topography & bathymetry layer(s), 1px= 1850m (1minute arch), all Earth (90N-90S, landmass & sea floor), projection (?), datum WSG 84. Files: compressed file 326Mo, uncompressed file 900Mo, whole earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): Perfect for very large maps (ex: > France). Download: ETOPO1 Ice Surface (grid registered), ETOPO1 Bedrock (grid-registered). nb: ETOPO1 is a better data than ETOPO2 (lower quality). Citation: “Amante, C. and B. W. Eakins, ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis. NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS NGDC-24, 19 pp, March 2009.”
•  NASA / USGS: GTOPO30 (1996, Public Domain). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= 930m (30"arch), World (landmass only), datum WGS 84. Files: on command, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): While ETOPO have to be the whole earth, this once can be a selected area such as Spain, and thus 'may be' more convenient for country-size project.

NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model. Including SRTM1 (1 arch-sec = 31m), SRTM3 (3 arch-sec = 93m), SRTM30 (30 arch-sec = 930m). Documentation, introduction. WGS84/EGM96 geoid?

•  NASA / USGS: ASTER (?, Public Domain). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= 31m (1"arch), World (landmass only), datum WGS 84. Files: on command, 1 tiles. Editor note: The finest topographic we have, still some distortions know.
•  NASA / USGS: SRTM3 (2000, Public domain). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= 93m (3"arch), 60⁰N-56⁰S (landmass only), datum WGS 84. Files: on command, 1 tiles.
•  CIAT-CSI: SRTM4.1_250m (2008, restricted by email request). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= 250m, 60⁰N-60⁰S (landmass only), projection ?, datum WGS84. Files: compressed file 2GB, uncompressed file 20GB, big, 3 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): Access via password: ThanksCSI! SRTM data from NASA improved, gaps filled thanks to algorythm. Full citation: Jarvis A., H.I. Reuter, A. Nelson, E. Guevara, 2008, Hole-filled seamless SRTM data V4, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), available from http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org.

•  CIAT-CSI: SRTM4.1_90m (2008, restricted by email request). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= 90m (3"arch), 60⁰N-60⁰S (landmass only), projection ?, datum WGS84. Files: compressed file 2GB, uncompressed file 20GB, 5⁰x5⁰, ~800 (72*24-waters) tiles. —♣ Comment(s): SRTM data from NASA improved, gaps filled thanks to algorythm. Full citation: Jarvis A., H.I. Reuter, A. Nelson, E. Guevara, 2008, Hole-filled seamless SRTM data V4, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), available from http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org.
• NASA / USGS: SRTM1 (2000, Public Domain). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= 31m (1"arch), USA and dependencies (landmass only), projection ?, datum WGS 84. Files: on command, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): USA only.
• NASA: SRTM30 (2000, Public Domain). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= 930m (30"arch), 60⁰N-56⁰S (landmass only), datum WGS84. Files: uncompressed file ?, 50°lat x 40°long,  ? tiles. —♣ Comment(s): For very large maps anywhere in the world. Is a merge of SRTM and GTOPO30. File namimg from the top-left corner's coordinates. 12 files in the online folder, 10 are useful (to exclude: *.jpg.zip et *.gif.zip, which are previews). In 3DEM, après avoir décompressé ces 10 fichiers, sélectionner l'option GTOPO30 Tile puis dans la nouvelle fenêtre représentant la carte du monde, centrer le cadre sur la région d'intérêt et spécifier comme projection Lat/Lon. Naviguer dans l'arborescence et sélectionner le fichier .DEM.
• NASA: SRTM Water Body Data (SWBD) (2000, Public Domain). Specifics: water bodies (major rivers, lakes, coastlines) layer(s), 1px= 31m (1"arch), 60⁰N-56⁰S (landmass only), datum WGS 84. Files: 1⁰ x 1⁰arch,. —♣ Comment(s): Vector layer, for waterways, lakes, and very precise coastline base on the sea's average level.

• University of Minesota: [ REMA (Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica)]. Specifics: topography including snow layer(s), 1px= 8m, 60-88° South (Antartica),. Files: 2x2m;8x8m;...,. —♣ Comment(s): Full data is 43TB large! Editor note: See also Why are poles missing from GIS topographic data?

Water bodies

Scope: Major rivers, lakes, coastlines. Exclude: sea's bottom (bathymetry), for this, see #Topography/Bathymetry.

Colormap "Water-areas_1.0.qml" (vector polygon only)

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Rivers

• https://hydrosheds.org - very detailed data at the world level.
  • Rivers https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/hydrorivers & https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/gloric
  • Basins (and rivers?) https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/hydroatlas
•  Naturalearthdata.com: Rivers lines (10m-rivers-lake-centerlines) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: major rivers lines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 2.9Mb, uncompressed file 3.9Mb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): Perfect for very large to local location maps/topographic maps. Small rivers to add handily. Bug: SVG output bug with top level rivers (Fleuve Jaune, Yantze). Additional GIS files: for north america and Europe, click on 'specifics'.

Lakes:

•  Naturalearthdata.com: Lakes & reservoirs (10m-lakes) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: major lakes polygons layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 870Kb, uncompressed file 2.2Mb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): Perfect for very large to local location maps/topographic maps. Smaller lakes to add handily. Additional GIS files: for historic, pluvial, north america, and Europe lakes, click on 'specifics'.

Coastline:

•  Naturalearthdata.com: Coastline (10m-coastline) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: coastlines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 2.6Mb, uncompressed file 6.5Mb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): Perfect for very large to local location maps/topographic maps. Islands >2km², for smaller ones, see GIS source "Minor islands".
• Naturalearthdata.com: Minor islands (10m-minor-islands) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: coastlines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 450Kb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): Islands <2km². Perfect for very small location maps/topographic maps. In support of "10m-coastline".

•  openstreetmapdata.com: Water polygons (2019, ODBL). Specifics: coastlines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(), datum WSG84. Files: . —♣ Comment(s): Polygons for oceans and seas. These polygons are split into smaller overlapping chunks that are easier and faster to work with. The data has been derived from OpenStreetMap ways tagged with natural=coastline.

Bathymetry

•  Naturalearthdata.com: Bathymetry vector (10m-bathymetry-all) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: major lakes polygons layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 14.15Mb, uncompressed file 33.6Mb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): For vector topographic map: speed up vectorization since it provide light vector for the sea.

Atmospheric

• {{{publisher}}}: [{{{url_download}}} Blue Marble:Clouds]. Specifics: . Files: .

NASA: ' (2002, CC-by-sa). Specifics: Example of Earth's cloud coverage layer(s), whole planet, projection ?, datum ?. Files: uncompressed file 34Mb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —'♣ Comment(s): Not a GeoTIF, and thus, not georeferenced, but can be a powerful tool to add realistic clouds to other planets than Earth, as explained in this Mars example..

Administrative layers

Areas (polygons)

"Subject areas_1.0.qml" (polygon)

<!DOCTYPE qgis PUBLIC 'http://mrcc.com/qgis.dtd' 'SYSTEM'> <qgis version="2.18.22-Las Palmas" simplifyAlgorithm="0" minimumScale="0" maximumScale="1e+08" simplifyDrawingHints="1" minLabelScale="0" maxLabelScale="1e+08" simplifyDrawingTol="1" readOnly="0" simplifyMaxScale="1" hasScaleBasedVisibilityFlag="0" simplifyLocal="1" scaleBasedLabelVisibilityFlag="0"> <renderer-v2 forceraster="0" symbollevels="0" type="singleSymbol" enableorderby="0"> <symbols> <symbol alpha="1" clip_to_extent="1" type="fill" name="0"> <layer pass="0" class="SimpleFill" locked="0"> <prop k="border_width_map_unit_scale" v="0,0,0,0,0,0"/> <prop k="color" v="254,254,233,255"/> <prop k="joinstyle" v="bevel"/> <prop k="offset" v="0,0"/> <prop k="offset_map_unit_scale" v="0,0,0,0,0,0"/> <prop k="offset_unit" v="MM"/> <prop k="outline_color" v="0,0,0,0"/> <prop k="outline_style" v="solid"/> <prop k="outline_width" v="0.26"/> <prop k="outline_width_unit" v="MM"/> <prop k="style" v="solid"/> </layer> </symbol> </symbols> <rotation/> <sizescale scalemethod="diameter"/> </renderer-v2> </qgis>

Scope: Admin level 0 : Countries polygons ; Admin level 1 : State/Provinces polygons ; Disputed area ; other local GIS resources (for sub provincial resources).
All countries with many depths available:

•  Gadm.org (Global Administrative Areas.org): File name according to the country chosen (2012, CC-by-sa-3.0 for modest-quality representations, see comment). Specifics: Lev-0 (country) to Lev-5 layers layer(s), whole Earth, projection lat/long, datum WSG84. Files: compressed file variable, uncompressed file variable, one country or whole world, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): License: The GIS files are not always under free license. However, the project manager wrote to Yug « you can make a private use of all these data. Derivative files of lower quality such as bitmap, or modest quality / simplified SVG can be published and share under the CC-by-sa-3.0 license. »For location maps, large and local, and complex maps (political, military, history).

Countries:

•  Naturalearthdata.com: Admin level 0 : Countries polygons (10m-admin-0-countries) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: 240 countries polygons layer(s), whole Earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 6.7Mb, uncompressed file 8.2Mb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): For location maps, very large to countries' size. Editor note: a closely related data not tested there.

Provinces:

•  Naturalearthdata.com: Admin level 1 : State/Provinces polygons (10m-admin-1-states-provinces) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: major rivers lines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 14Mb, uncompressed file 19Mb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): For location maps, large and local, and complex maps (political, military, history).

Disputed areas:

• Naturalearthdata.com: Disputed areas (10m-admin-0-breakaway-disputed-areas) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: major rivers lines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: compressed file 122Kb, uncompressed file 155Kb, whole Earth, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): For location maps, and complex maps (political, military, history). Editor note: a related file, 10m_admin_0_breakaway_disputed_areas_scale_ranks, not tested, click on 'specifics' to find and test it.

Borders (lines)

Scope: Admin level 0 : Countries borders ; Admin level 1 : State/Provinces borders ; other local GIS resources.
Countries borders:

•  Naturalearthdata.com: Admin-0-boundary-lines (10m-admin-0-boundary-lines-land) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: international borders lines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: . —♣ Comment(s): Perfect for location maps and other political/administrative maps, international or local.

Provinces/States borders:

•  Naturalearthdata.com: Admin-0-provinces-lines (10m-admin-1-states-provinces-lines) (2009, Public domain). Specifics: intranational borders lines layer(s), whole earth, projection Geographic projection(?), datum WSG84. Files: . —♣ Comment(s): Perfect for location maps and other political/administrative maps, especially national or local.

Others cultural

Scope: parks, urban areas, roads (OSM), buildings, towns, etc.

"Human habiations_1.0.qml" (polygon)

<!DOCTYPE qgis PUBLIC 'http://mrcc.com/qgis.dtd' 'SYSTEM'> <qgis version="2.18.22-Las Palmas" simplifyAlgorithm="0" minimumScale="0" maximumScale="1e+08" simplifyDrawingHints="1" minLabelScale="0" maxLabelScale="1e+08" simplifyDrawingTol="1" readOnly="0" simplifyMaxScale="1" hasScaleBasedVisibilityFlag="0" simplifyLocal="1" scaleBasedLabelVisibilityFlag="0"> <renderer-v2 forceraster="0" symbollevels="0" type="singleSymbol" enableorderby="0"> <symbols> <symbol alpha="1" clip_to_extent="1" type="fill" name="0"> <layer pass="0" class="SimpleFill" locked="0"> <prop k="border_width_map_unit_scale" v="0,0,0,0,0,0"/> <prop k="color" v="254,254,233,255"/> <prop k="joinstyle" v="bevel"/> <prop k="offset" v="0,0"/> <prop k="offset_map_unit_scale" v="0,0,0,0,0,0"/> <prop k="offset_unit" v="MM"/> <prop k="outline_color" v="0,0,0,0"/> <prop k="outline_style" v="solid"/> <prop k="outline_width" v="0.26"/> <prop k="outline_width_unit" v="MM"/> <prop k="style" v="solid"/> </layer> </symbol> </symbols> <rotation/> <sizescale scalemethod="diameter"/> </renderer-v2> </qgis>

• RITA: [ North American Transportation Atlas Data (NORTAD)] (1998, license?). Specifics: Airports, highways, railroads, administrative boundaries, water port layer(s), USA, Canada, Mexico,. Files: compressed file from 10KB to 30MB, 1 tiles. —♣ Comment(s): sometimes more content than OSM. Editor note: License & other parameters to clarify.

Other physical or biological

Scope: rain, heat, pollution, geology, animals presences. Exclude: positive altitude (topograpahy), and negative (sea's bottom, bathymetry), for this, see #Topography/Bathymetry.

• NASA: Landsat ETM+ (various years, ?). Specifics: imagery layer(s), 1px= 60m (MSS) to 14.25m (Landsat 7), 80°N-60°S, projection UTM, datum WGS84. Files: 5°lat x ~6°lon,. —♣ Comment(s): Full name: Orthorectified Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Imagery. Download through the Glovis interface, need to allow pop-up. Editor note: need to check/dig more for these informations: license, year, precision max, file,...

Mars

Colormap "Wikicarto_Mars_1.0.qml" (relief only)

<!DOCTYPE qgis PUBLIC 'http://mrcc.com/qgis.dtd' 'SYSTEM'> <qgis version="1.6.0-Copiapo" minimumScale="1" maximumScale="1e+08" hasScaleBasedVisibilityFlag="0"><transparencyLevelInt>255 <rasterproperties> <mDrawingStyle>SingleBandPseudoColor</mDrawingStyle> <mColorShadingAlgorithm>ColorRampShader</mColorShadingAlgorithm> <mInvertColor boolean="false"/> <mRedBandName>Not Set</mRedBandName> <mGreenBandName>Not Set</mGreenBandName> <mBlueBandName>Not Set</mBlueBandName> <mGrayBandName>Bande 1</mGrayBandName> <mStandardDeviations>0</mStandardDeviations> <mUserDefinedRGBMinimumMaximum boolean="false"/> <mRGBMinimumMaximumEstimated boolean="true"/> <mUserDefinedGrayMinimumMaximum boolean="false"/> <mGrayMinimumMaximumEstimated boolean="true"/> <mContrastEnhancementAlgorithm>StretchToMinimumMaximum</mContrastEnhancementAlgorithm> <contrastEnhancementMinMaxValues> <minMaxEntry> <min>-10458</min> <max>6741</max> </minMaxEntry> </contrastEnhancementMinMaxValues> <mNoDataValue mValidNoDataValue="false">-9999.000000</mNoDataValue> <customColorRamp> <colorRampType>DISCRETE</colorRampType> <colorRampEntry red="255" value="10000.000000" green="255" blue="255" label="glace 3"/> <colorRampEntry red="240" value="8000.000000" green="232" blue="225" label="glace 2"/> <colorRampEntry red="220" value="7000.000000" green="212" blue="205" label="glace 1"/> <colorRampEntry red="204" value="6000.000000" green="191" blue="180" label="altitude 11"/> <colorRampEntry red="189" value="5000.000000" green="163" blue="140" label="altitude 10"/> <colorRampEntry red="174" value="4000.000000" green="134" blue="100" label="altitude 9"/> <colorRampEntry red="160" value="3000.000000" green="120" blue="80" label="altitude 8"/> <colorRampEntry red="159" value="2000.000000" green="110" blue="70" label="altitude 7"/> <colorRampEntry red="174" value="1000.000000" green="125" blue="75" label="altitude 6"/> <colorRampEntry red="189" value="800.000000" green="145" blue="90" label="altitude 5"/> <colorRampEntry red="204" value="600.000000" green="165" blue="105" label="altitude 4"/> <colorRampEntry red="219" value="400.000000" green="185" blue="120" label="altitude 3"/> <colorRampEntry red="235" value="200.000000" green="205" blue="136" label="altitude 2"/> <colorRampEntry red="211" value="0.000000" green="174" blue="112" label="altitude 1"/> <colorRampEntry red="188" value="100.000000" green="144" blue="89" label="altitude -1"/> <colorRampEntry red="164" value="-500.000000" green="114" blue="66" label="altitude -2"/> <colorRampEntry red="141" value="-1000.000000" green="84" blue="43" label="altitude -3"/> <colorRampEntry red="120" value="-2000.000000" green="65" blue="20" label="altitude -4"/> </customColorRamp> </rasterproperties> </qgis>

Files

• NASA: MOLA MEGDRs MEG128 (2003, Public domain). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= ?, 88°N - 88°S, projection ?, datum ?. Files: . —♣ Comment(s): High resolution: MEG128 (88°N - 88°S), Lower resolution: 512 (+88N, and +88S : poles).

Citation: « Smith, D., G. Neumann, R. E. Arvidson, E. A. Guinness, and S. Slavney, "Mars Global Surveyor Laser Altimeter Mission Experiment Gridded Data Record", NASA Planetary Data System, MGS-M-MOLA-5-MEGDR-L3-V1.0, 2003. ».

• NASA: MOLA MEGDRs MEG512 (2003, Public domain). Specifics: topography layer(s), 1px= ?, +88°N, +88°S (polar), projection ?, datum ?. Files: . —♣ Comment(s): Polar topography completing MOLA MEGDRs MEG128. For citation, see in MOLA MEGDRs MEG128.

Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Jovean

Links to explore, GIS to find :

• https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/planetary-geologic-mapping/interactive-planetary-maps : Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Io, Ganymede, Callisto
• https://ode.rsl.wustl.edu : Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars

Former links (broken) :

• http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/down/index.html
  • http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/down/venus_dl.htm
  • http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/down/moon_dl.htm
  • http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/down/mars_dl.htm

Links

• {{GIS data for Graphic Lab}} — template used on this page to GIS data for Graphic Lab files.
• List of GIS data sources

The table above has links to various tutorials and resources which can help in the creation of Wikipedia maps from digital georeferenced data (GIS).