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Summary: Notes on datasets, data engineering, and data discovery tools. Last updated: 2026-08-20

2026

  • India Data Atlas: Collection of data sources for India with learning resources. Related: STAC. Keywords: data, India, geospatial, socio-economic, open data, learning resources

  • dynamical.org: A research lab providing a public catalog of cloud-optimized weather and climate datasets, helping researchers, forecasters, and developers access, understand, and act on environmental data. Related: Climate, CNG. Keywords: weather, climate, data, cloud-optimized, open data, forecast

  • Master Plan Viewer: A lightweight web application that displays georeferenced master plans of Indian cities on an interactive map, utilizing Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs for efficient streaming and OpenLayers for mapping functionality. Related: Urban_Planning, Web_Mapping. Keywords: urban planning, India, master plan, web app, Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF, OpenLayers

  • Field Boundaries of the World: An open ecosystem using satellite imagery and machine learning to detect and map 3.17 billion agricultural field boundaries across 241 countries, offering a benchmark dataset and interactive explorer for global agriculture mapping. Related: Remote_Sensing, Machine_Learning, Agriculture. Keywords: agricultural fields, field boundaries, satellite imagery, machine learning, global dataset, open data, geospatial

  • Wikipedia Geotagged Articles: Converts English Wikipedia articles with geographic coordinates into GeoParquet and PMTiles formats, enabling efficient spatial queries and interactive mapping of geotagged encyclopedic content. Related: CNG, Web_Mapping. Keywords: data, Wikipedia, GeoParquet, PMTiles, geospatial, vector tiles

  • OAQ: Open Air Quality: An open platform for hyperlocal air quality data built by researchers, community organizations, and residents across India, providing real-time monitoring and trend analysis tools. Related: Climate, Tools. Keywords: air quality, India, open data, hyperlocal, environment, monitoring

  • Historical Basemaps: A collection of georeferenced historical boundaries of world countries and cultural regions in GeoJSON and SVG formats, designed for mapping historical data at global and continental scales. Related: Cartography. Keywords: data, historical, boundaries, GeoJSON, SVG, cartography, geospatial

  • Groundsource: Historic Urban Flash Floods Dataset: An open global dataset of 2.6 million historical flood events derived from news articles spanning 150+ countries. See also the methodology paper. Related: Water_Resources. Keywords: flood events, urban floods, historical data, news articles, open data, hydrology, water resources

  • India Open Geo Data: A unified collection of India's openly-licensed geospatial data across 26 datasets and 11 categories, including administrative boundaries, electoral maps, census data, environmental information, and infrastructure networks. Related: STAC. Keywords: data, India, geospatial, open data, administrative boundaries, census

2025

  • Boundless Maps: Pre-styled, ready-to-use maps for cartography and GIS projects with curated basemap styles. Related: Cartography. Keywords: data, cartography, basemaps, maps, visualization

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