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The layout of a Koordinates site

A Koordinates site is a browser-based tool for finding, viewing and managing data from a growing number of providers around the world.

A Koordinates site has three main areas:

  1. Top navigation
  2. Data browser (or, for administrators, the Manage pages)
  3. Map viewer or table viewer

Koordinates site with the top navigation (1), data browser (2) and map viewer (3) marked.

Top navigation bar with the Data Browser, Manage and Map Viewer tabs, help menu and user menu marked a to d.

From the top navigation, you can:

a) switch between the data browser (Data) and the Manage pages. You only see Manage if you can manage data or administer the site. See Summary of user roles. If you’re an AI Pro User on koordinates.com, Manage has your data, AI & MCP Tools, Usage & Billing and Support. It doesn’t have Site Settings or Users & Groups, because an AI Pro User has no organisation site.
b) show or hide the data browser (Data) and the map viewer (Map).
c) open the help menu, to search the Koordinates help documentation and find the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Help menu with a documentation search box and links to Koordinates Help, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

d) open your user menu, by selecting your profile picture or initial. If you’re not signed in, you’ll see Log in instead.

Your user menu has these options:

  • Manage your Koordinates Profile
  • API Keys
  • Exports: your export history
  • Pro User Billing, if you’re an AI Pro User (or View Plans & Pricing on koordinates.com, if you’re not)
  • Log out

More information:

Sign up and manage your Koordinates ID

API keys

Data browser with the search bar, filters, sort menu, dataset cards and starred items marked a to e.

From the data browser, you can search, filter and sort data.

a) The search bar starts returning results as you type, and shows the datasets you have access to.

b) Filter the results with filters such as Region, Data Type, Publisher, Date, License and Access. Which filters you see depends on the site and on what you’re browsing. For example, Category appears on sites, and Group appears when the results include groups.

Data browser filters: Region, Data Type, Publisher, Date, License and Access.

c) Sort the results by Popular, Recently Added, Recently Updated, Alphabetical (A-Z), Alphabetical (Z-A) or Oldest. Sorting isn’t available while you’re searching.

Sort menu open, with options Popular, Recently Added, Recently Updated, Alphabetical (A-Z), Alphabetical (Z-A) and Oldest.

d) Each result is shown as a card with key information about the dataset. Select Map on a card to add the dataset to the map viewer, or select the star to add it to your starred items.

e) On a site, the home icon takes you back to the site’s home page. The star icon shows your starred items, if you’re signed in.

Data browser header with the home and star icons, the star marked by an arrow.

To find data from a particular publisher, use the Publisher filter. On koordinates.com you can also browse Publishers. For more, see Find data by publisher.

Publishers list in the data browser, with the Publishers option marked by an arrow.

Select a dataset to open its sheet. The Info tab has more information about the dataset, including:

  • Data type
  • Details, such as when it was added and last updated
  • Licence
  • Tags
  • Metadata
  • Technical details
  • A data sample

Depending on the dataset, the sheet can also have Contents (for sets), History and Services and APIs tabs.

Dataset sheet open on the Info tab, showing the map preview, data type, dates and Layer ID.

More information:

Find and export data

Learn more about a dataset

A site’s home page shows its featured datasets, and its Most Popular and Recently Updated datasets.

Site home page with a featured dataset above the map viewer.

Most Popular and Recently Updated sections of the home page, each showing dataset cards.

Datasets you’ve starred appear in your starred items, which is useful for data you use often.

Starred items list showing two starred datasets.

To star a dataset, or remove it from your starred items, select the star next to its title on the card.

Dataset card with the star next to the Map button marked by an arrow.

The Manage menu in the top navigation is only available to users who can manage data or administer the site. It shows the options available to you, which can include:

Manage menu open, listing Manage, Site Settings, Reports, Users & Groups and Announcements.

  • Manage: upload, edit and manage the data on the site.
  • AI & MCP Tools: set up AI and MCP connections to Koordinates.
  • Site Settings: change the site’s branding, access, licences and categories.
  • Reports: view the site’s reports, including usage and access history. Site administrators who can’t see Reports see an Exports Report instead.
  • Users & Groups: review, add or remove users, and manage groups.
  • Announcements: add or update site-wide announcements.
  • Usage & Billing: see your site’s usage and manage its subscription.
  • Support: view your support requests.

More information:

Manage your site

The map viewer shows the data you’ve added from the data browser, and lets you interact with it.

a) To show zoom buttons on the map, select View > Show zoom controls.

b) The menus at the top of the map viewer include File > Make a copy, View > Zoom to > All data, and Tools > Spatial Query window.

Map viewer File menu (New map viewer, Make a copy, Rename, Close, Copy URL) and View and Tools menus.

c) In the list of layers, select a layer’s thumbnail to show or hide it. Open the layer’s options to change its Visibility (transparency) or open its data table. Use the Basemap selector to change the basemap.

Basemap options: Terrain, Streets and Satellite.

d) You can have several map viewers open at once, and switch between them with the tab bar at the bottom. To turn the tab bar on or off, select View > Tab bar.

Tab bar at the bottom of the map viewer showing two open map viewers.

Table viewer showing a data table, with the search box (a), Info button (b) and Close Table button (c) marked.

When you view a non-spatial table, the table viewer opens instead.

a) Search for data within the table.

b) Select Info to open the table’s sheet for more information about the data.

Table’s data sheet open on the Info tab, showing the data type, dates and Table ID.

c) Select Export to export the table.

Export window for a table, with the file format menu open.

More information:

Create a map viewer

Using data tables