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Source and data register

Where Advanced Industry and Robotics gets its data: each source with its licence, lineage, resolution, quality checks and known gaps.

01Sequence

The order things happen in.

  1. 01Draftsources cited, labels attached
  2. 02Evidence checkevery value traced
  3. 03Independent reviewconflicts declared
  4. 04Editionpublished with its limits
  5. 05Correctiona new version, never a silent edit
02What is recorded

Each source carries five facts.

01

Origin

Who produces the data and how.

02

Access terms

Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.

03

Quality

Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.

04

Provenance

How the data reached the platform and what was changed.

05

Gaps

What is missing and how the gap is handled.

03Canvas

Draft to published version.

Canvas · draft to published versionDesign, not a record
Source and data register: from a source to a labelled evidence recordA source is registered with its licence and steward, checked for quality and coverage, labelled by evidence class, versioned and published with a passport; corrections create a new version. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.How a finding is reviewed before it is published. Design, not a record.

04Register

Every source the topic dossiers cite, with its terms.

SourceWhat it givesTermsUsed in
CCPS process safety resourcesIndustry guidance and metricsLicence per publicationIndustrial process safety
CISA industrial control systems advisoriesVulnerabilities and mitigations in control productsPublic domain, US governmentIndustrial cyber resilience
eMARS major accident reporting system (European Commission JRC)Reported major accidents and lessonsPublic, EU termsIndustrial process safety
ENISA reports on industrial and OT securityThreat and good practice analysisPublic, ENISA termsIndustrial cyber resilience
EU Best Available Techniques reference documentsTechniques and emission levels for industriesPublic, EU termsCircular economy and pollution
EU-OSHA reports on digitalisation and occupational safetyEvidence on new technology and worker safetyPublic, EU termsHuman machine work
Eurofound European Working Conditions SurveyJob quality, technology use and intensityPublic, Eurofound termsHuman machine work
Eurostat circular economy indicatorsCircular material use rate and waste statisticsOpen, Eurostat reuse policyCircular economy and pollution
Eurostat energy statisticsFinal energy consumption in industryOpen, Eurostat reuse policyIndustrial energy and water
Eurostat enterprise robot use statisticsShare of firms using industrial and service robotsOpen, Eurostat reuse policyIndustrial robotics
Eurostat enterprise technology statisticsAdoption by firm sizeOpen, Eurostat reuse policyTechnology adoption
Eurostat ICT usage in enterprises and advanced technology modulesAdoption of automation, robotics and data technologiesOpen, Eurostat reuse policyIndustrial automation
Evaluations of manufacturing extension programmesEffects of adoption supportLicence per publicationTechnology adoption
FAO AQUASTATWater withdrawal by sectorOpen, FAO termsIndustrial energy and water
IEA World Energy Balances and industry trackingIndustrial energy use by sector and fuelLicence per product (to check)Industrial energy and water
IEC 62443 seriesIndustrial automation security requirementsLicensed standards, purchase requiredIndustrial cyber resilience
ILOSTATEmployment and occupational injury statisticsOpen, CC BY 4.0Human machine work
Industrial decarbonisation roadmaps from governmentsPlans and data for heavy industryPublic records, licence per governmentIndustrial energy and water
Industry association surveys on downtime and maintenanceReliability practicePublic summaries, terms to checkIndustrial automation
International Federation of Robotics World Robotics reportsInstallations and density by country and sectorCommercial report; public summaries (to check)Industrial robotics
ISA and IEC standards for automation (ISA-95, IEC 61131)Architecture and programming standardsLicensed standards, purchase requiredIndustrial automation
ISO 10218 and ISO/TS 15066Robot safety requirementsLicensed standards, purchase requiredIndustrial robotics
ISO Survey of management system certificatesISO 50001 certification countsPublic, ISO termsIndustrial energy and water
ISO/ASTM 52900 seriesTerminology and standards for additive manufacturingLicensed standards, purchase requiredMaterials and manufacturing
Joint agency advisories on threats to operational technologyActor behaviour and mitigationsPublic, terms per agencyIndustrial cyber resilience
National labour force surveysEmployment by sector and occupationPublic records, licence per governmentHuman machine work
National occupational injury statisticsInjuries involving machinery and robotsPublic records, licence per governmentIndustrial robotics
NIST additive manufacturing resourcesMeasurement science and standards for additive processesPublic domain, US governmentMaterials and manufacturing
OECD chemical accidents programmeGuidance and lessons learnedPublic, OECD termsIndustrial process safety
OECD Employment Outlook and automation studiesLabour effects of automationPublic, OECD termsHuman machine work
OECD Main Science and Technology IndicatorsR&D spending by sectorPublic, OECD termsMaterials and manufacturing
OECD materials and waste statisticsMaterial productivity and wastePublic, OECD termsCircular economy and pollution
OECD studies on technology diffusion and productivityEvidence on adoption gaps and policiesPublic, OECD termsTechnology adoption
OECD studies on the diffusion of digital and automation technologiesCross-country adoption evidencePublic, OECD termsIndustrial automation
Pollutant release and transfer registers, such as E-PRTR and US TRIFacility-level releases of pollutantsPublic, terms per registerCircular economy and pollution
Published incident reviews from manufacturersEffects and recovery after incidentsPublic records, terms per publisherIndustrial cyber resilience
Regulator recall databasesRecalls by product and causePublic records, terms per regulatorMaterials and manufacturing
Seveso establishment registers (eSPIRS)Major hazard establishments in EuropePublic, EU termsIndustrial process safety
UN Comtrade robot trade (HS 847950)Trade in industrial robotsFree access with limits, UN termsIndustrial robotics
UNEP International Resource Panel global material flows databaseMaterial extraction and consumptionPublic, UNEP termsCircular economy and pollution
UNIDO industrial statisticsManufacturing value added and production by sectorPublic, UNIDO termsMaterials and manufacturing
US Census Bureau Annual Business Survey technology modulesFirm adoption of automation and AIPublic domain, US governmentIndustrial automation
US Chemical Safety Board investigation reportsDetailed investigations of chemical accidentsPublic domain, US governmentIndustrial process safety
World Bank Enterprise Surveys and Firm-level Adoption of Technology surveyTechnology use by firms in many countriesFree with registration, World Bank termsTechnology adoption
World Management SurveyManagement practice scores across firms and countriesPublic, terms to checkTechnology adoption
05Geography

Connected activity in Germany.

Night lights, population density and true-colour imagery over Germany, from NASA GIBS. Each layer carries its own date.

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Layers 3

Connected activity, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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Connected activity, framed on Germany. Layers as NASA publishes them, each with its own date.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA HLS S30Sources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • Optional layers (5 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Vegetation greenness (NDVI), rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra NDVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

06Known gaps

Where the industrial data record is thin.

  • Near-miss data across firms.
  • Natech event records.
  • Data on robot-related incidents.
  • Industrial water and energy use at site level.
07Status

How the register grows.

Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

Can I suggest a data source?
Yes. Write to contact@therisk.global with the source, its owner and its terms.
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