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    • Global Development Potential Indices

    Metadata Updated: January 16, 2026

    The Global Development Potential Indices (DPIs) data set contains thirteen sector-level DPIs for sectors related to renewable energy (concentrated solar power, photovoltaic solar, wind, hydropower), fossil fuels (coal, conventional and unconventional oil and gas), mining (metallic, non-metallic), and agriculture (crop, biofuels expansion). The DPI for each sector represents land suitability that accounts for both resource potential and development feasibility. Each DPI is a 1-km spatially-explicit, global land suitability map that has been validated using locations of current and planned development, and examined for uncertainty and sensitivity. The DPIs can be used to identify lands with current favorable economic and physical conditions for individual sector expansion and assist in planning for sector and cumulative development across the globe.

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    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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1739457324-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2020-03-26
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category LULC, 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 789782ca-7047-4490-8f08-0ef8c7bfde3a
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -60.0 180.0 85.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash adc09154e841813926dd9a87ec75d6fb772560dc36f77bca70abbc30dc70ffa2
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z/2016-12-31T00:00:00Z

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