PAUWES Data Portal (GeoNetwork)
Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences open GeoNetwork catalogue with water and environment geospatial datasets (e.g. drainage networks, inland water bodies) for African countries, supporting OGC CSW/WMS access.
dataportal.pauwes.dz
At a glance
- Region
- Pan-Africa (Africa)
- Coverage
- Continental
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- drainage network
- water bodies
- geospatial
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: drainage network
- 02
Model input
Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.
- 03
Coverage gaps
Find who lacks safe water or sanitation.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
- 02
Gauge + satellite fusion
Correct satellite rainfall with gauges using machine learning.
- 03
Failure prediction
Predict pipe bursts and plant failures before they happen.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
GeoNetwork CSW / OGC catalog API (srv/api/records) for metadata and data access
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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