GLIDE Disaster Events: Georeferenced Disaster Records for Germany

GLIDE Initiative's dataset provides GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters (GLIDEnumbers) for events in Germany. The GLIDEnumber system, proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), enables interoperability across information sources and is used by UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and others. The dataset was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference disaster information across agencies based on the GLIDEnumber identifier.
• Analyze disaster event frequency and location patterns in Germany based on geospatial records.
• Integrate structured disaster data with textual reports using the common unique ID code.

Strengths

• Data is provided in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for different analysis tools.
• The GLIDEnumber system is actively used by major international organizations like UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC, suggesting established interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:52:10.849289; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Germany