UNESCO World Heritage Site data searchable by country, category, year, and region. The description indicates it includes natural properties like fossil sites and biosphere reserves, and cultural properties like historic cities and rock art sites. Links are provided to detailed natural site datasheets from UNEP-WCMC.
Use Cases
- Map and analyze the global distribution of natural heritage sites based on categories like fossil sites and tropical forests.
- Study the relationship between cultural heritage types, such as industrial sites and historic cities, and their geographic regions.
- Cross-reference site information with external datasheets from UNEP-WCMC for deeper ecological analysis.
Strengths
- Includes multiple searchable dimensions: country, category, year, and region.
- Links to authoritative external datasheets from UNEP-WCMC for natural sites.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA via nasa_earthdata platform.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from UNESCO World Heritage Centre data, with links to UNEP-WCMC.
- Geography
- Global