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Water Extents (Copernicus Sentinel-1) for Tropical Storm Sara 2024

Dates of Images: Pre-Event: 11/4/2024, 11/6/2024, 11/11/2024 Post-Event: 11/16/2024, 11/18/2024, 11/23/2024 Date of Next Image: Varies by region, typically 12 days since previous pass. Set time slider to most recent interval and click on area of interest to identify date of last pass. Summary: The Alaska Satellite Facility has developed surface water extent products of the Sentinel-1A/B Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument which assigns the co- and cross-polarization information to a channel in the composite. When used to support a flooding event, areas in blue denotes water present at the time of the satellite overpass before or after the start of the flooding event. Suggested Use: In the Water Extent images, data is classified from the above imagery shows water, including flooded areas, as blue. Satellite/Sensor: Synthetic Aperture Radar on European Space Agency's (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite Resolution: 20 meters Service URL: https://gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/home/item.html?id=bd843e5aa9a84bca9a7f0181d293a164 WMS Endpoint:  https://gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/services/DISASTERS_202411_TROPICALSTORM_SARA/2430_sentinel1_water/ImageServer/WMSServer

Imagery and land cover · rachel.vershel
Costa Rica administrative boundaries (ADM3)

geoBoundaries ADM3 boundaries for Costa Rica: 472 units, representing 2017. Source: OpenStreetMap, Wambacher. Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0

Boundaries · geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab)
Costa Rica administrative boundaries (ADM1)

geoBoundaries ADM1 boundaries for Costa Rica: 7 units, representing 2017. Source: OpenStreetMap, Wambacher. Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0

Boundaries · geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab)
Costa Rica administrative boundaries (ADM0)

geoBoundaries ADM0 boundaries for Costa Rica: 1 units, representing 2017. Source: OpenStreetMap, Wambacher. Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0

Boundaries · geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab)
Costa Rica: Copernicus Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL)

Open and free data for assessing the human presence on the planet. The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project produces global spatial information, evidence-based analytics, and knowledge describing the human presence on the planet. The GHSL relies on the design and implementation of spatial data processing technologies that allow automatic data analytics and information extraction from large amounts of heterogeneous geospatial data including global, fine-scale satellite image data streams, census data, and crowd sourced or volunteered geographic information sources. The JRC, together with the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) are working towards a regular and operational monitoring of global built-up and population based on the processing of Sentinel Earth Observation data produced by European Copernicus space program. In addition, the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) undertakes activities related to user uptake of data, information and services.

Population · Copernicus
Costa Rica - Subnational Administrative Boundaries

This dataset contains the following administrative boundaries: ADM0, ADM1, ADM2, ADM3. Produced and maintained since 2017, the geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database www.geoboundaries.org is an open license, standardized resource of boundaries (i.e., state, county) for every country in the world.

Boundaries · geoBoundaries
Costa Rica: High Resolution Population Density Maps + Demographic Estimates

The world's most accurate population datasets. Seven maps/datasets for the distribution of various populations in Costa Rica: (1) Overall population density (2) Women (3) Men (4) Children (ages 0-5) (5) Youth (ages 15-24) (6) Elderly (ages 60+) (7) Women of reproductive age (ages 15-49).

Population · AI for Good at Meta
Costa Rica: Road Surface Data

This dataset provides detailed information on road surfaces from OpenStreetMap (OSM), distinguishing between **paved** and **unpaved** roads across the region. Surface classification is derived using a hybrid deep learning approach. For methodological details, see: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19874 Recently, we also published a new country-level dataset based on PlanetScope satellite imagery with near-complete coverage of all arterial roads. It is available on HDX under the name Costa Rica **Planet** Road Surface. The corresponding paper is available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04092 Road Surface Statistics Approximately 0.068 million km of roads are mapped in OSM in this region. Based on AI-derived estimates: - Paved roads: 0.0129 million km (18.9713%) - Unpaved roads: 0.0136 million km (19.989%) About 0.0415 million km (61.0397%) of road surface information is missing in OSM. To reduce this gap, the Mapillary-derived road surface dataset provides an additional 0.0006 million km (1.361%) of the missing surface information. Intended Use This dataset supports transportation planning, infrastructure analysis, climate emissions assessment, and GIS applications. AI Features - **pred_class**: Model-predicted surface class ("paved" or "unpaved") - **pred_label**: Binary label (0 = paved, 1 = unpaved) - **osm_surface_class**: Surface classification derived from OSM tags - **combined_surface_osm_priority**: Combined classification prioritizing OSM - **combined_surface_DL_priority**: Combined classification prioritizing DL prediction - **n_of_predictions_used**: Number of predictions used for estimation - **predicted_length**: Predicted length based on DL estimation (meters) - **DL_mean_timestamp**: Mean timestamp of predictions used OSM Attributes - **name** - **name:en** - **name:* (local language)** - **highway** - **surface** - **smoothness** - **width** - **lanes** - **oneway** - **bridge** - **layer** - **source** Urban Classification Attributes - **continent** - **country_iso_a2** - **urban** (0 = rural, 1 = urban) - **urban_area** - **osm_id** - **osm_type** Data Sources The dataset originates from OpenStreetMap (OSM) and is augmented with deep learning predictions based on Mapillary street-level imagery, combined with the GHSU Global Human Settlement Urban Layer 2019 and AFRICAPOLIS 2020 urban layer. More HeiGIT datasets: https://data.humdata.org/organization/heidelberg-institute-for-geoinformation-technology More information: https://heigit.org/ Contact: communications@heigit.org

Transport · HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)
Costa Rica Healthsites

This dataset shows the list of operating health facilities. Attributes included: Name,Nature of Facility, Activities, Lat, Long

Health · Open Healthsite Consulting
Costa Rica - Aboveground Biomass

This dataset contains annual, 100m-resolution above ground biomass (AGB) estimates from CTrees, a NASA-affiliated forest-carbon monitoring organization, clipped to this country's boundary from CTrees' global AGB raster. Pixel values are stored as int16, scaled x10 relative to the true value in megagrams per hectare (Mg/ha) -- divide by 10 to get Mg/ha. See the caveats field and resource description for details on how this scale factor is recorded and why it isn't applied automatically by most tools.

Biodiversity · CTrees
Waterways of Costa Rica

Water features across the area: rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. Useful for flood-risk modelling, watershed analysis, and environmental basemap context. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: waterway, water, natural - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Water · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Points of Interest of Costa Rica

Points of interest: public-facing amenities, shops, tourist attractions, and landmarks tagged via `amenity`, `shop`, `tourism`, or `man_made`. Useful for general POI reference, urban analysis, and basemap detail. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: amenity, shop, tourism, man_made - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Places · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Buildings of Costa Rica

Building footprints across the area: every feature tagged `building=*`, from residential homes to hospitals, schools, and places of worship. Useful for population estimation, damage assessment, and urban planning. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: building - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Buildings and infrastructure · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Railways of Costa Rica

Railway lines and stations tagged `railway=*`: rail lines, tram tracks, and stations. Useful for transport accessibility analysis and basemap context. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: railway - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Transport · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Airports of Costa Rica

Airports and aviation infrastructure: airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency`. Useful for logistics, evacuation routing, and aerial-response planning. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: aeroway, building, emergency - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Transport · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Health Facilities of Costa Rica

Health facilities: hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists tagged via `amenity` or `healthcare`. Useful for service-access analysis, emergency response, and healthcare gap mapping. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: amenity, healthcare - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Health · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Roads of Costa Rica

Road network across the area tagged `highway=*`: motorways, residential streets, service roads, footways, and trails. Useful for routing, accessibility analysis, and evacuation planning. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: highway - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Transport · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Populated Places of Costa Rica

Settlements and residential areas: named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land (`place=*` and `landuse=residential`). Useful for demographic context, settlement-level targeting, and population analysis. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: place, landuse - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Places · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Sea Ports of Costa Rica

Sea ports, harbours and ferry terminals. Useful for maritime logistics, supply-chain analysis, and coastal access planning. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: industrial=port, harbour, port, amenity=ferry_terminal, building=ferry_terminal - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Transport · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Education Facilities of Costa Rica

Education facilities: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities tagged via `amenity` or `building`. Useful for school-access mapping, education planning, and resource allocation. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: amenity, building - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Buildings and infrastructure · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Financial Services of Costa Rica

Financial services: banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches tagged via `amenity`. Useful for financial-inclusion mapping, cash-distribution planning, and economic analysis. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: amenity - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Economy · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Cultural Places of Costa Rica

Cultural and historic places: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via `tourism`, `amenity`, `historic`, or `heritage`. Useful for heritage protection, cultural mapping, and tourism context. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active. Urban areas are usually well represented, remote areas may be sparse. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge. - Source: OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map - Tags: tourism, amenity, historic, heritage - Part of the country exports on HDX by HOT

Places · Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Costa Rica: IBTrACS Storm Tracks

The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) project is the most complete global collection of tropical cyclones available. It merges recent and historical tropical cyclone data from multiple agencies to create a unified, publicly available, best-track dataset that improves inter-agency comparisons. Fields available: SID: A unique storm identifier (SID) assigned by IBTrACS algorithm. ISO_TIME: Time of the observation in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) BASIN: Basin of the current storm position SUBBASIN: Sub-basin of the current storm position NATURE: Type of storm (a combination of the various types from the available sources) NUMBER: Number of the storm for the year (restarts at 1 for each year LAT: Mean position - latitude (a combination of the available positions) LON: Mean position - longitude (a combination of the available positions) WMO_WIND: Maximum sustained wind speed assigned by the responsible WMO agency WMO_PRES: Minimum central pressure assigned by the responsible WMO agency.

Climate and weather · HDX
Costa Rica: Copernicus Vegetation Index Anomaly (FAPAR Anomaly)

Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) is a biophysical dimensionless quantity (its values range from 0/no absorption to 1/total absorption) used to assess the greenness and health of vegetation. FAPAR anomalies can be used as an indicator to detect and monitor the impacts of agricultural drought on the growth and productivity of vegetation. The data is presented in 10-day time composite of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

Biodiversity · Copernicus
Costa Rica Cantone Boundaries

Retirement Notice: This item is in mature support as of September 2025 and will retire in December 2027.  A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version. Costa Rica Cantone Boundaries provides a 2022 boundary with a total population count. The layer is designed to be used for mapping and analysis. It can be enriched with additional attributes using data enrichment tools in ArcGIS Online.  The 2022 boundaries are provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. These were published in September 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available:Country   Provincia

Boundaries · esri_livingatlas
Filadelfia

uav imagery by CAOBA REAL ESTATE MEDIA, acquired 2025-06-10 to 2025-06-10, 2.5 cm per pixel, published on OpenAerialMap.

Imagery and land cover · CAOBA REAL ESTATE MEDIA
Filadelfia

uav imagery by CAOBA REAL ESTATE MEDIA, acquired 2025-06-10 to 2025-06-10, 2.5 cm per pixel, published on OpenAerialMap.

Imagery and land cover · CAOBA REAL ESTATE MEDIA
kayumari

uav imagery by mfg paisajismo, acquired 2025-07-13 to 2025-07-13, 5.0 cm per pixel, published on OpenAerialMap.

Imagery and land cover · mfg paisajismo
Costa Rica administrative boundaries (ADM2)

geoBoundaries ADM2 boundaries for Costa Rica: 83 units, representing 2020. Source: geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons.

Boundaries · geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab)
Costa Rica Provincia Boundaries

Retirement Notice: This item is in mature support as of September 2025 and will retire in December 2027.  A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version. Costa Rica Provincia Boundaries provides a 2022 boundary with a total population count. The layer is designed to be used for mapping and analysis. It can be enriched with additional attributes using data enrichment tools in ArcGIS Online.  The 2022 boundaries are provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. These were published in September 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available:Country   Cantone

Boundaries · esri_livingatlas
Costa Rica Country Boundaries

Retirement Notice: This item is in mature support as of September 2025 and will retire in December 2027.  A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version. Costa Rica Country Boundaries provides a 2022 boundary with a total population count. The layer is designed to be used for mapping and analysis. It can be enriched with additional attributes using data enrichment tools in ArcGIS Online.  The 2022 boundaries are provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. These were published in September 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available:Provincia   Cantone

Boundaries · esri_livingatlas
Disaster loss and damage dataset for Costa Rica

Disaster loss and damage data for Colombia at several levels of disaggregation

Environment · United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Costa Rica - Subnational Edge-matched Administrative Boundaries

Costa Rica administrative level 0-3 edge-matched gazetteer, shapefiles, geodatabase, and geoservice. COD-EM datasets do not replace the authoritative COD-AB available here; however COD-EM datasets may be preferred for cartographic purposes. See caveats. These layers are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Costa Rica - Subnational Population Statistics tables. Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.

Boundaries · OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)
Costa Rica: WOF Administrative Subdivisions and Human Settlements

This dataset contains administrative polygons grouped by country (admin-0) with the following subdivisions according to Who's On First placetypes: - macroregion (admin-1 including region) - region (admin-2 including state, province, department, governorate) - macrocounty (admin-3 including arrondissement) - county (admin-4 including prefecture, sub-prefecture, regency, canton, commune) - localadmin (admin-5 including municipality, local government area, unitary authority, commune, suburb) The dataset also contains human settlement points and polygons for: - localities (city, town, and village) - neighbourhoods (borough, macrohood, neighbourhood, microhood) The dataset covers activities carried out by Who's On First (WOF) since 2015. Global administrative boundaries and human settlements are aggregated and standardized from hundreds of sources and available with an open CC-BY license. Who's On First data is updated on an as-need basis for individual places with annual sprints focused on improving specific countries or placetypes. Please refer to the README.md file for complete data source metadata. Refer to our blog post for explanation of field names. Data corrections can be proposed using Write Field, an web app for making quick data edits. You’ll need a Github.com account to login and propose edits, which are then reviewed by the Who's On First community using the Github pull request process. Approved changes are available for download within 24-hours. Please contact WOF admin about bulk edits.

Population · Who's On First
Costa Rica - Earthquake on Oct 22 2025

**ADAM ID: **sm\_us6000ril5 Magnitude 5.9 earthquake at 31.021 depth occurred on Oct 22 2025 8km S of Quepos. The epicentre of the earthquake was located at latitude 9.3653 longitude -84.1795. It impacted 120528 people within 50km. WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system is an operational system for collecting, analysing and mapping geospatial and socio-economic information following sudden onset humanitarian emergencies.

Geoscience · WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping
Costa Rica - Spatial Distribution of Population

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Population · WorldPop (University of Southampton)