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Description
GLIDE Disaster Events provides GLobal unique IDEntifiers (GLIDEnumbers) for disasters in Chile, enabling information interoperability across multiple sources. The dataset is maintained by the GLIDE Initiative and is used by organizations including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and the European Commission. It was last updated on 2026-06-23.
Use Cases
Link disaster reports across different agencies based on the common GLIDEnumber identifier.
Map disaster event locations and attributes based on the geospatial data format.
Analyze disaster frequency and types in Chile based on the event registry.
Integrate disaster metadata into humanitarian information systems based on the interoperable ID standard.
Strengths
Uses a globally recognized unique identifier (GLIDEnumber) adopted by major international organizations.
Available in multiple formats (GEOJSON, CSV) for different analytical needs.
Published under an open license (CC-BY-3.0-IGO) facilitating reuse.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
Source
GLIDE Initiative
Collection Method
Registry of disaster events assigned unique GLIDEnumbers.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-23 23:51:22.337446; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Chile
License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO; users must comply with its attribution requirements.