📌 All datasets are FREE and from official sources. Direct download – no confusion 🚀

🌍 Base Map Data

🗺️ OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Roads, buildings, POI – best for GIS practice

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🧭 Natural Earth

Countries, rivers, boundaries (Beginner friendly)

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🪨 USGS Geological Maps (NGMDB)

Geological maps, rock types, faults & stratigraphy data

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🇮🇳 Data.gov.in

Official India Govt datasets – shapefiles, CSV, GIS layers

⬇️ Open Portal

🛰️ Remote Sensing Data

🛰️ Landsat (NASA / USGS)

LULC, NDVI, Change Detection

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🛰️ Sentinel (ESA)

High resolution & frequent imagery

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🇮🇳 ISRO Bhuvan

Satellite & thematic maps for India

⬇️ Open Portal

🏔️ DEM & LiDAR Data

⛰️ SRTM DEM

Slope, Aspect, Watershed Analysis

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🌄 ASTER DEM

Terrain & elevation studies

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📡 OpenTopography

Global LiDAR & DEM data

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🌾 Thematic GIS Data

🌱 LULC Data

Land use / land cover mapping

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🏘️ Village Level GIS Data (India)

Village boundaries & administrative GIS data for India

⬇️ Open Dataset
🗺️ DIVA-GIS (Global & Country Data)

Free country-wise boundaries, roads, rivers & elevation data

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🌦️ Climate Data

Rainfall, temperature, weather layers

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🌊 HydroSHEDS

Rivers & watersheds (Global)

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🌐 SoilGrids

Global soil data

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