GLIDE Disaster Events: Venezuela Disaster Identifiers and Locations

GLIDE Initiative's dataset provides GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters in Venezuela. The GLIDEnumber system allows disaster information to be interoperable across multiple sources, including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, and the European Commission. The data was last updated on 2026-06-23 and is available in GEOJSON and CSV formats.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference disaster impacts across different reporting agencies based on the common GLIDEnumber.
• Map disaster events geographically based on the available GEOJSON format.
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in Venezuela based on the registered disaster records.

Strengths

• Implements a globally recognized identifier system (GLIDE) used by major institutions like UN-OCHA and IFRC.
• Available in both geospatial (GEOJSON) and tabular (CSV) formats for flexibility.
• Data is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting open sharing and adaptation.

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 date is in the future (2026-06-23).

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Collection Method

Registration of disaster events from multiple sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:58:05.980842

Geography

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)