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Geocoded Disasters (GDIS) Dataset

Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

The Geocoded Disasters (GDIS) Dataset is a geocoded extension of a selection of natural disasters from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters' (CRED) Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT). The data set encompasses 39,953 locations for 9,924 disasters that occurred worldwide in the years 1960 to 2018. All floods, storms (typhoons, monsoons etc.), earthquakes, landslides, droughts, volcanic activity and extreme temperatures that were recorded in EM-DAT during these 58 years and could be geocoded are included in the data set. The highest spatial resolution in the data set corresponds to administrative level 3 (usually district/commune/village) in the Global Administrative Areas database (GADM, 2018). The vast majority of the locations are administrative level 1 (typically state/province/region).

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
Publisher SEDAC
Maintainer
Identifier C2022273992-SEDAC
Data First Published 2021-03-10
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
Category PEND, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 27581f49-d1f3-4b9f-923f-f22c98ec0b52
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -180.0 -58.0 180.0 90.0
Program Code 026:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash d4bf5b452bb65f2681dab68c84533df485c1c39657fb6f16ef5da73c4618f038
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z/2018-12-31T00:00:00Z

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