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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
Afghanistan -
  • HOMER GsT - full data
  • HOMER GsT - data lite
(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 -
  • HOMER GsT - full data
  • HOMER GsT - data lite
(EXE 34.8 MB)
(EXE 14.8 MB)
July 6, 2007
July 6, 2007
USAID
USAID
Sri Lanka -
  • HOMER GsT - full data
  • GsT
(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