Spain GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Disaster Identifiers

GLIDE numbers are GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters, providing a common code for interoperability across information sources. The dataset likely contains records of disaster events in Spain, each with a unique GLIDE number. It is published by the GLIDE Initiative and last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Link disaster reports across agencies based on the unique GLIDE identifier.
• Map disaster event locations in Spain based on the geospatial file format.
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in Spain based on the event registration system.

Strengths

• Data uses a globally recognized standard (GLIDE) adopted by UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and IFRC.
• Available in interoperable formats (GEOJSON, CSV) for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update is dated 2026-06-23.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:52:26.889917

Geography

Spain