Geospatial Toolkits
NREL developed the Geospatial Toolkit (GsT) — a map-based software application that integrates resource data and geographic information systems (GIS) — for integrated resource assessment. A variety of agencies within countries and global datasets provided country-specific data. For some countries, NREL has developed a HOMER GsT version of the toolkit, which contains all of the features of the standard GsT and also integrates HOMER, an optimization model for distributed power. For the most recent toolkits (Afghanistan and Pakistan), NREL created versions of the GsT with different data resolution. The "data lite" versions contain lower-resolution data so users can more quickly run exploratory queries; the "full data" versions contain the high-resolution data, which require more analytical processing time.
Funding for toolkits was provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
The GsT version, file size, update date, and sources of funding are noted below for each country.
Download Toolkits
Country | File Size | Last Updated | Funding Source |
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Afghanistan -
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(EXE 59.4 MB) (EXE 40.6 MB) |
July 6, 2007 July 6, 2007 |
USAID USAID |
Bangladesh - GsT | (EXE 18.7 MB) | September 26, 2005 | UNEP |
Brazil - GsT | (EXE 47.0 MB) | October 11, 2005 | UNEP, INPE |
China (Hebei) - GsT | (EXE 15.5 MB) | February 10, 2006 | EPA, UNEP, USDOE |
El Salvador - GsT | (EXE 24.8 MB) | September 26, 2005 | UNEP |
Ghana - GsT | (EXE 13.1 MB) | December 12, 2005 | UNEP |
Guatemala - GsT | (EXE 32.6 MB) | September 26, 2005 | UNEP |
Honduras - GsT | (EXE 72.2 MB) | September 27, 2005 | UNEP |
Mexico (Oaxaca) - GsT | (EXE 58.9 MB) | September 26, 2005 | USAID, USDOE |
Nicaragua - GsT | (EXE 40.5 MB) | September 26, 2005 | UNEP |
Pakistan -
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(EXE 34.8 MB) (EXE 14.8 MB) |
July 6, 2007 July 6, 2007 |
USAID USAID |
Sri Lanka -
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(EXE 34.1 MB) (EXE 15.8 MB) |
September 26, 2005 December 1, 2005 |
USAID, UNEP USAID, UNEP |
Software Guide
Please download the Getting Started Guide (MS Word 994 KB) to help learn the software.
Contacts
- Software technical assistance, comments, or suggestions: Shannon Cowlin, 303-384-7522