Republic of Korea - GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Disaster Identifiers

A collection of disaster events in the Republic of Korea registered with GLIDE (GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters) codes. The data is provided by the GLIDE Initiative and was last updated on 2026-06-23. GLIDE numbers allow disaster information to be interoperable across multiple sources, including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED).

Use Cases

• Cross-referencing disaster impacts across different reporting systems based on the common GLIDE identifier.
• Mapping disaster event locations and timelines in South Korea based on the geospatial format.
• Analyzing disaster frequency and types in the Republic of Korea based on the registered event records.

Strengths

• Data uses a globally recognized identifier (GLIDE number) adopted by major organizations like UN-OCHA and IFRC.
• Available in multiple formats (GEOJSON, CSV) supporting different analytical workflows.
• Published under the open CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

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

Disaster events are registered in a record containing a GLIDE number.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:54:02.585698

Geography

Republic of Korea