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Every dataset Atlas holds, each traceable to its source, version and archived file. Click a dataset for its data, fields and units, map and provenance.
Datasets
47
Current versions
Features
114,918
Points, lines and polygons
Observations
38,220
Measurements & classifications
Average quality score
96 / 100
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All 47
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure 14Mangroves 12Protected Areas & Landscapes 6Water & Catchments 4Community Projects 3Boundaries & Reference 3Biodiversity 2Carbon Projects 1Seagrass 1Salt Marsh 1
47 datasets shown
| Dataset | Module | Source | Features | Observations | Version | Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2020 mapped from JAXA L-band SAR (25 m pixels, vectorised) by Global Mangro... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v3.0 | 622 | 0 | v1 2026-10-12 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, South Africa Mangrove extent for 1996 mapped from JAXA L-band SAR (25 m pixels, vectorised) by Global Mangro... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v3.0 | 961 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2007 mapped from JAXA L-band SAR (25 m pixels, vectorised) by Global Mangro... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v3.0 | 736 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2010 mapped from JAXA L-band SAR (25 m pixels, vectorised) by Global Mangro... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v3.0 | 641 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2015 mapped from JAXA L-band SAR (25 m pixels, vectorised) by Global Mangro... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v3.0 | 646 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2025 from the Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 annual time series (1985-2025, Lan... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 | 477 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2020 from the Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 annual time series (1985-2025, Lan... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 | 458 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2015 from the Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 annual time series (1985-2025, Lan... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 | 440 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2010 from the Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 annual time series (1985-2025, Lan... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 | 401 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2005 from the Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 annual time series (1985-2025, Lan... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 | 419 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, South Africa Mangrove extent for 2000 from the Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 annual time series (1985-2025, Lan... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 | 423 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, South Africa Mangrove extent for 1996 from the Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 annual time series (1985-2025, Lan... |
MANGROVES | Global Mangrove Watch v4.1 | 378 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
100/100 |
Open |
| Fynbos Places that are particularly rich in biodiversity. Places with unique animals and plants.
WWF... |
PROTECTED AREAS & LANDSCAPES | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 1 | 1 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Heliport The OpenFlights Airport, Airline and Route Databases are made available under the Open Database... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 4 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Africa_Water_Towers Layer "Africa_Water_Towers" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
WATER & CATCHMENTS | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 7 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| polygons Layer "polygons" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
PROTECTED AREAS & LANDSCAPES | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 11 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Biodiversity Hotspots Biodiversity hotspots are a method to identify those regions of the world where attention is ne... |
BIODIVERSITY | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 12 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Air Flight Routes Layer "Air Flight Routes" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 18 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Air_Flight_Routes Air Flight Routes |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 18 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Main Towns Layer "Main Towns" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
COMMUNITY PROJECTS | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 22 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Large airport The OpenFlights Airport, Airline and Route Databases are made available under the Open Database... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 23 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Planned Major Roads and Rails 33 corridor segments from Table 1 of the paper. The file shows the linear corridor features (r... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 33 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Development Corridors 33 corridor segments from Table 1 of the paper, buffered by 25km on either side of the corridor... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 33 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| SADC_TFCAs Layer "SADC_TFCAs" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
PROTECTED AREAS & LANDSCAPES | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 56 | 56 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Fibre Cable Greg's Cable Map is an attempt to consolidate all the available information about the undersea... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 72 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Operational Landscape Layer "Operational Landscape" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
PROTECTED AREAS & LANDSCAPES | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 79 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Africa_WWF_Priority_202104_Operational_Landscapes_Seascape Layer "Africa_WWF_Priority_202104_Operational_Landscapes_Seascape" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
PROTECTED AREAS & LANDSCAPES | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 96 | 192 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations Layer "Fibre Cable Landing Stations" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 126 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Rivers Rivers primarily derive from World Data Bank 2. Double line rivers in WDB2 were digitized to cr... |
WATER & CATCHMENTS | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 228 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Trunk Roads N12 Layer "Trunk Roads N12" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 520 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| towns and settlements Layer "towns and settlements" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
COMMUNITY PROJECTS | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 611 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Power Plants (Power output MW) Data for power plants with total installed generating capacity > 10 mw from the Platts World El... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 642 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| AfricaPriority_River Layer "AfricaPriority_River" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
WATER & CATCHMENTS | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 857 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Small airport The OpenFlights Airport, Airline and Route Databases are made available under the Open Database... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 1,979 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| District Roads N12 Layer "District Roads N12" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 2,158 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Dams Geo-referenced dams database
AQUASTAT gathers detailed information about dams in each country d... |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 2,586 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Districts GADM database of Global Administrative Areas
Country outlines and administrative subdivisions f... |
BOUNDARIES & REFERENCE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 6,099 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| World Database on Protected Areas Layer "World Database on Protected Areas" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
BIODIVERSITY | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 7,438 | 14,876 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Populated_places Layer "Populated_places" from WWF Kenya Sources. |
PROTECTED AREAS & LANDSCAPES | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 8,149 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |
| Electricity Transmission Network A way following the path of (overground) power cables. |
ROADS, RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of E... | 9,759 | 0 | v1 2026-10-13 |
95/100 |
Open |