Find Geospatial Raster Data

Get geospatial raster data over the internet by downloading it or by accessing the Web Map Service (WMS) database.

Download Data

Find and download geospatial raster data using resources such as the ones in these tables. For information about supported file formats, see Supported Geospatial File Formats for Import and Export.

Elevation

Resource	Provider	Examples of Products and Data Sets
EarthExplorer	US Geological Survey (USGS)	DTED, GMTED2010, GTOPO30
The National Map Download Application	USGS	3DEP
Data.gov	US General Services Administration	DTED, 3DEP, GMTED2010
ETOPO Global Relief Model	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)	ETOPO 2022 (use GeoTIFF format)
GMTED2010 Viewer	USGS	GMTED2010
The Global Land One-km Base Elevation Project	NOAA and NCEI	GLOBE
Global Topography	Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Smith and Sandwell
OpenTopography	US National Science Foundation	High-Resolution Topography, 3DEP

Land Cover Classification

Resource	Provider	Examples of Products and Data Sets
EarthExplorer	USGS	GLCC, AVHRR
Digital Coast Data Access Viewer	NOAA Office for Coastal Management	C-CAP Regional Land Cover and Change
Data.gov	US General Services Administration	GLCC, AVHRR

Imagery and Spatial Context

Resource	Provider	Examples of Products and Data Sets
EarthExplorer	USGS	Landsat
Digital Coast Data Access Viewer	NOAA Office for Coastal Management	High-Resolution Orthoimagery
Data.gov	US General Services Administration	Landsat
Natural Earth	Natural Earth	Cross-Blended Hypsometric Tints, Shaded Relief, Bathymetry

Use Web Map Service Data

Mapping Toolbox™ includes a built-in database of prequalified Web Map Service (WMS) servers and layers. Search the WMS database for layers using the wmsfind function. Read layers from the database using the wmsread function.