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Released maps

Maps of Space and Earth Observation are published here once their data rights are cleared and they have been reviewed. Each shows its time and space reference, its sources and its uncertainty.

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Publisher: The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field: Space and Earth observation, Climate and hazards

01In brief

The short answer.

Space and Earth Observation released maps are reviewed map views of space and Earth observation, published once their data rights are cleared, each with its coordinate reference, date, sources and uncertainty. Layers draw on sources such as Copernicus Sentinel missions (ESA and European Commission). A map shows released, rights-cleared evidence, not a live feed or an official warning.

02Canvas

Scoping to review.

Canvas · scoping to reviewDesign, not a record

Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.

03Geography

Earth observation in World.

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Layers 2

Earth observation, for this page

Latest available

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

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For released maps, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery and land cover with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on World; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.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 S30 · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2ASources 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 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
GHRSST Level 4 MUR analyses, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; distributed by the NASA Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC); 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). 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).
Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
Optional layers (35 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

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
Land surface temperature, day, 8-day composite: VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day, NASA LANCE · 14 Sep 2026
Vegetation greenness (NDVI), rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra NDVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
Sea ice concentration: GHRSST MUR, NASA JPL PO.DAAC · 12 Oct 2026

04What is shown

Released, referenced and rights-cleared.

Time and space reference for every view.
Sources and licence.
Uncertainty and known limits.
Version and date of release.

05Indicators

What a released map in this field would carry.

Indicator	Unit	Cadence	Evidence label	Topic
Spatial resolution	metres per pixel	per sensor	Declared	Earth observation sensors
Revisit interval	days	per mission or constellation	Declared	Earth observation sensors
Cloud-free observation frequency	observations per month	per location	Observed	Earth observation sensors
Radiometric calibration uncertainty	percent	per sensor	Reported	Earth observation sensors
Spectral bands	count	per sensor	Declared	Earth observation sensors
Data latency	hours from acquisition to availability	per product	Observed	Earth observation sensors
Overall map accuracy	percent with confidence interval	per product	Estimated	Spatial temporal evidence
Class-specific user's and producer's accuracy	percent	per class	Estimated	Spatial temporal evidence
Geolocation error	metres	per product	Observed	Spatial temporal evidence
Products meeting analysis-ready data specification	count	per assessment	Official	Spatial temporal evidence
Reference samples per class	count	per assessment	Declared	Spatial temporal evidence
Time series gaps	percent of expected observations missing	per location	Observed	Spatial temporal evidence
Geomagnetic storm days	count by storm level	annual	Observed	Space system resilience
Satellite anomalies reported	count	annual	Reported	Space system resilience
GNSS interference events	count by region	monthly	Reported	Space system resilience
Essential observations with a single supplying mission	count	per assessment	Estimated	Space system resilience
Ground stations per mission	count	per mission	Declared	Space system resilience
Missions past design life	count	annual	Official	Space system resilience
Population covered by satellite broadband	percent of population	annual	Estimated	Communications and navigation
Critical sectors using GNSS timing	count of sectors	per assessment	Estimated	Communications and navigation
Timing holdover capability	hours	per system	Declared	Communications and navigation
Satellite broadband subscribers	count	annual	Official	Communications and navigation
Satellite-based augmentation coverage	status by region	per assessment	Official	Communications and navigation
Navigation outages and degradations	count and duration	annual	Official	Communications and navigation
Crop condition anomaly	difference of vegetation index from mean	dekadal	Observed	Eo in water and agriculture
Cropland area by crop type	hectares	seasonal	Estimated	Eo in water and agriculture
Actual evapotranspiration	millimetres per period	dekadal	Modelled	Eo in water and agriculture
Surface water extent	square kilometres	monthly	Observed	Eo in water and agriculture
Irrigated area	hectares	seasonal	Estimated	Eo in water and agriculture
Agreement with agricultural statistics	percent difference	per season	Estimated	Eo in water and agriculture
Charter and Copernicus EMS activations	count by hazard	annual	Official	Disaster monitoring
Time from activation to first map	hours	per activation	Observed	Disaster monitoring
Damage assessment accuracy	percent agreement with field survey	per event	Estimated	Disaster monitoring
Area mapped	square kilometres	per activation	Observed	Disaster monitoring
Countries with registered authorised users	count	annual	Official	Disaster monitoring
Products delivered in open formats	percent of products	per activation	Observed	Disaster monitoring
Tracked objects in orbit	count by orbit region	monthly	Observed	Space debris and sustainability
Estimated objects above size thresholds	count by size class	per assessment	Modelled	Space debris and sustainability
Active satellites	count	monthly	Observed	Space debris and sustainability
Collision avoidance manoeuvres	count	annual	Reported	Space debris and sustainability
Post-mission disposal success	percent of missions	annual	Estimated	Space debris and sustainability
Fragmentation events	count	annual	Observed	Space debris and sustainability
Fundamental geospatial data themes available	count of themes	per assessment	Official	Geospatial governance
Geodetic reference frame adoption	status	per assessment	Official	Geospatial governance
Datasets with open licences	percent of national geospatial datasets	per assessment	Observed	Geospatial governance
Metadata compliance with standards	percent of datasets	per assessment	Observed	Geospatial governance
Address coverage	percent of dwellings with an official address	per assessment	Official	Geospatial governance
Cadastral coverage	percent of parcels registered	per assessment	Official	Geospatial governance

06Reading the maps

Cautions that apply to Earth observation maps.

Imagery dates matter; a map without a date is not evidence.
Classifications have errors by class and region.
Resolution limits what can be seen; small features vanish.
Cloud frequency biases optical observations.

07Status

Releases appear as they are reviewed.

Analysis runs in Nexus Foundry; reviewed releases are listed here.

08Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

Term	Definition
Coordinate reference system	The definition that ties coordinates to locations on Earth, catalogued with EPSG codes.
Modifiable areal unit problem	The change in statistical results that comes from how areas are drawn and aggregated.
Zonal statistics	Statistics of raster values summarised within boundaries such as districts.
Public-safe release	A recorded decision on the detail at which a layer may be published without exposing sensitive sites or people.

09Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

10Questions

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