Data Description
The Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GC RAS) maintains a unique geospatial data repository, encompassing over 200 GIS-layers, which are organized into 18 thematic categories.
The geospatial database is compiled from two primary sources: the results of scientific research conducted in GC RAS, and spatial data obtained from scientific and academic institutions in Russia and abroad.
A comprehensive approach to data collection and systematization has enabled the creation and effective maintenance of a multidisciplinary geospatial database in the Earth sciences.
The diversity of spatial data provides a robust foundation for conducting both fundamental and applied research in Earth sciences, environmental monitoring, sustainable natural resource management, spatial analysis, and other related fields.
The geospatial database comprises the following thematic categories:
- Agriculture
- Biogeography
- Ecology
- Geodesy and Cartography
- Geography
- Geology
- Geophysical Networks
- Geophysics
- Glaciology
- Hydrology
- Industry
- Meteorology and Climatology
- Mineral Resources
- Pedology
- Political Geography
- Population
- Remote Sensing
- Transportation
The “Earth Sciences” GIS geospatial database is formed through the integration of information from a wide variety of heterogeneous sources. Data were provided by leading scientific institutions in Russia and worldwide. Notable contributors include:
- Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation
- Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet)
- World Data Centers (WDC) of the World Data System (WDS)
- All-Russian Geological Research Institute of A.P. Karpinsky
- International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
- International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)
- Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- German Research Centre for Geosciences (Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, GFZ)
- National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
- etc.