SEDAC Mapping Services
Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) layers are available from SEDAC servers directly using any WMS or WFS compliant client. Services for vector data respond to both WFS (data) and WMS (map) requests. The tables below list the services available and provide links to the GetCapabilities documents that are required to access the services from an OGC-compliant client.
Population data from Gridded Population of the World (GPWv3) are available via the Web Coverage Server (WCS) specification on a test (beta) WCS server. When testing is complete, selected raster WMS services will also be made available as WCS layers for service-based access.
WMS Layers for Raster Data
Project/Data Source |
Extent |
Layers |
WMS GetCapabilities |
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Global |
Population counts and densities |
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Global |
Population counts and densities with modeled urban-rural extents |
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Global |
Disaster occurrence and impacts for cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes |
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Global |
The Human Footprint and the Human Influence Index layers |
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Global |
Estimates of infant mortality rates and underweight children |
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Continental U.S. |
Demographic and housing grids |
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New Orleans |
Demographic and housing grids |
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New York City |
Demographic and housing grids |
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San Francisco |
Demographic and housing grids |
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Combination WFS and WMS Layers for Vector Data
Project/Data Source |
Extent |
Layers |
WFS GetCapabilities |
WMS GetCapabilities |
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Global (nations) |
National indices of air quality, biodiversity and habitat, environmental health, natural resources, resource management, sustainable energy, and water resources |
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Global (nations) |
National indices of pollution, environmental issues, natural resources, and management efforts for environmental issues. |
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Global |
Administrative unit centroids, national boundaries, and coastlines |
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Global |
Urban extents (polygons) and populated places (points) |
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Global |
Areas identified as the last of the wild |
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Global Geographical Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change |
Global (nations) |
National-level measures of climate vulnerability |
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