A free observatory for Bangladesh that pulls together satellite imagery and curated datasets on forests, water, climate, disaster risk, food, health, and population. Sources include NASA, ESA, USGS, JRC, the World Bank, OCHA, and HDX. Every number on the site traces to a real source you can follow.
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Browse Bangladesh spatial datasets, explore 1,466 national development indicators from World Bank, HDX, and WHO with interactive charts, and run exploratory analysis, regression, correlation, and forecasting, all reproducible for research papers.
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Curated by BISTO from the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) for Bangladesh, climate, disasters, food security, health, displacement, poverty and more. These are external, authoritative datasets; each card links to its source page on data.humdata.org for download and is not hosted on BISTO.
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The Bangladesh Integrated Space–Time Observatory, an open, transparent geospatial monitoring platform for the environment of Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Integrated Space-Time Observatory (BISTO) is a free platform that brings together satellite imagery and humanitarian data for Bangladesh. It combines remote sensing products, from 30-meter Landsat forest change to 10-meter Sentinel-2 land cover, with curated datasets on climate, disasters, food security, health, and population, all in one interactive map.
BISTO is built for researchers, policy analysts, and forest managers who need a clear view of environmental change across Bangladesh, from division down to union level.
All content types, Datasets, Maps, Indicators, News, and Research, are organised under a shared 11-theme taxonomy drawn from standard humanitarian and development sector categories.
ERA5, CMIP6, MODIS LST, CHIRPS precipitation. Temperature, rainfall, weather extremes and climate projections.
INFORM risk index, JRC flood extent, cyclone tracks. Hazard mapping, disaster risk reduction, emergency response.
JRC Global Surface Water, river discharge, groundwater. Water resources, WASH, flood monitoring.
MODIS NDVI, crop classification, food price indices. Food security, agricultural productivity, livelihoods.
Hansen GFC, Global Mangrove Watch, ESA WorldCover. Deforestation, forest cover, biodiversity monitoring.
NOAA VIIRS nightlights, road networks, power grids. Energy access, infrastructure development.
ORNL LandScan, census data, displacement tracking. Population density, urbanisation, migration.
Health facility locations, nutrition indicators, disease surveillance. Public health monitoring.
World Bank WDI, poverty maps, trade data. Economic development, poverty reduction, employment.
School facility locations, enrolment, World Bank education indicators. Learning outcomes, access to education.
Settlement mapping, sanitation coverage, water supply. Urban planning, housing, infrastructure.
Curated from authoritative, verifiable sources, full citations live in each dataset record.
Hansen/UMD Global Forest Change v1.13, Landsat-derived tree cover baseline (2000) and annual stand-replacement loss (2001–2025) at 30m. CC-BY-4.0.
Global Mangrove Watch v3 (GMW), JAXA/JRC mangrove extent from JERS-1/ALOS PALSAR + Landsat ensemble at 25m. Non-commercial use.
ESA WorldCover v100 (2020), 11-class at 10m from Sentinel-1/2. ESRI LULC (2025), 9-class at 10m from Sentinel-2 + deep learning. Dynamic World V1 (2026), near-real-time 8-class at 10m.
MODIS MOD13Q1 v6.1, NDVI annual means at 250m. ESA CCI Biomass v6, Above-ground biomass at 100m. GEDI V27 + CA Forest, Canopy height at 250m, gap-filled.
MODIS MOD11A2 v061, Land surface temperature at 1km. USGS SRTM, 30m digital elevation. CHIRPS v3, Precipitation daily/annual at 5km.
ORNL LandScan, Ambient population at ~1km. NOAA VIIRS Black Marble, Night lights at 500m. World Bank Open Data, Development indicators.
Summaries of the original source methodology; full technical detail is in each product's primary publication.
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Data-backed research articles and analysis from BISTO, reproducible, source-cited, and grounded in real observations of Bangladesh's forests, environment, climate, and agriculture.
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A daily brief on the issues that touch Bangladesh most, from floods and cyclones to air pollution, food prices, and public health. Refreshed four times a day, sourced, and trimmed to what actually matters.
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