Japan GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Records with Unique Identifiers
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Description
GLIDE numbers are GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters, proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center to unify disaster information across sources. This dataset contains disaster event records for Japan, allowing information to be interoperable across multiple disaster information sources, both structured and textual. The data is used actively by institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and the European Commission.
Use Cases
Cross-reference disaster impacts across different reporting systems based on the common GLIDE identifier.
Map disaster event locations and types in Japan based on the geospatial data format.
Analyze temporal trends of disasters in Japan based on the event registration records.
Strengths
Implements a globally common Unique ID code (GLIDE) endorsed by major international organizations.
Formats include GEOJSON and CSV, suggesting structured and geospatially enabled data.
License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
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
Disasters are registered in a record that contains a GLIDEnumber.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-23 23:53:44.928473; freshness should be verified.