Category Archives: GIS Raster Data
Download World Soil Database v 1.1
Download the Harmonized World Soil Database at the InterÂnaÂtional InstiÂtute for Applied SysÂtems AnalyÂsis (IISA). The World Soil Database is described as follows : The Land Use Change and Agriculture Program of IIASA (LUC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have developed a new comprehensive Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD).
New ESRI World Topographic Basemap
New ESRI World Topographic Basemap is designed to be used as a basemap by GIS professionals and as a reference map by anyone. The map includes administrative boundaries, cities, water features, physiographic features, parks, landmarks, highways, roads, railways, airports, and buildings overlaid on land cover and shaded relief imagery for added context.
Haiti Imagery Layer Post-Earthquake
Google and GeoEye worked closely to get fresh imagery from Haiti. Satellite imagery layer post-earthquake is available to download as a KML file. You can also open the file in Google Maps. The imagery shows a powerful glimpse into the destruction in Haiti. Here are before-and-after screenshots of the Presidential Palace and an area of Port-au-Prince:
Surabaya Historic Map
This is a historic map of Surabaya from “Guide to the Dutch East Indies” by Dr. J.F. van Bemmelen and G.B. Hoover, Luzac & Co, London 1897. Click The Map to Download

