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Layers
ZEUS World is a dynamic program, so the number of information layers available grows constantly. Is there any information layer you would like to be added? Please let us know. We have a large network of information suppliers and we will be happy to investigate the availability.To check what’s available already we present an overview of the current layers in the table below. Not all layers are available worldwide.
Aerial NL
Archeological areas
Average montly income
Average monthly income in the Netherlands per postal code zone.
CBS 2004
Conflict Risk
The map identifies over 80 countries where conflict risk is present.
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2004) and the International Crisis Group (2005)
Cresta zones
Cresta zones of several countries. The zones drawn can be used to calculate the accumulation of insured risks.
GfK Geomarketing, Germany 2006
Crime Ranking US
All US States ranked by overall crime rate.
US Crime Statistics, 2005
Crime Victims SZ
Crime victims per canton in Switzerland.
Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2006
Earthquake NL
Een overzicht van de aardbevingsgevoelige gebieden in Nederland.
Financial Market Risk
This layer shows information of country specific risks to the financial system stability over a short-term financial investment time horizon.
World Bank 2005 and 2006, IMF 2005.
Flood Belgium
Freshwater flood zones calculated by Swiss Re's proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 100 years.
Bases on Swiss Re Expertise.
Flood Czech Republic
Fresh water flood zones calculated by Swiss Re's proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 50, 100, 250 and 500 years.
Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Flood Hungary
100 year and 1000 year zones based on the 1977 series of Magyarorszag arvizvedelmi terkepei, VITUKI, 1977 maps at 1:100,000 scale. Swiss Re contracted VITUKI (Water Resources Research Center Plc., Budapest) to transfer the zones to a digital format.
Based on Swiss Re Expertise
Flood Italy
Freshwater flood zones calculated by Swiss Re´s proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 100 years.
Based on Swiss Re expertise.
Flood Netherlands
The Diked Area Locations of the Netherlands were drawn by the Ministry of Transport and Waterways. It states the calculated risk of flooding for a certain area.
Dutch Ministry of Transport and Waterways 2005.
Flood Paraguay/Parana rivers
1000 year flood zones along the Paraguay/Parana rivers between Asuncion and Rosario/ Buenos Aires.
The zoning is based on the "Study of Floods of the Rivers Parana and Paraguay, Entidad binacional YACRETA", Buenos Aires, Argentina; Asuncion, Paraguay 1979, Motor Columbus y Asociados. Based on Swiss Re expertise.
Flood Risk US
FIRM flood data map.
FEMA 2008
Flood Slovakia
Fresh water flood zones calculated by Swiss Re's proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 20, 50, 100, 250 and 500 years.
Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Floods (recorded floods '85 - present)
The information presented in layer is derived from a wide variety of news, governmental, instrumental, and remote sensing sources. It is presented in order to facilitate research into the causes of extreme flood events and provide international warning of such floods.
Dartmouth Flood Observatory, 1985 - 2007
Forest Fire Risk
This layer provides a summary of the possible risk of forest fires in Europe from the period of February to October.
The European Forest Fire Information System - 2007
Gemiddelde koopsom
Geological Regions Australia
This data set is a break up of the Australian continent into 2-dimensional regions.
Australian Government, GeoSience Australia.
Geology Africa
Global Geological description of the African Continent.
Geology Europe
Geological description of the European Continent.
2005
Geology South America
Global Geological Description of the Southern America continent.
Hail USA
The data represents the number of hail days per year. A hail day is defined as having 1 or more hail observations within a grid cell of 80 km x 80 km (6400 square meter).
Data source: http://www.spc.noaa.gov and data processing Swiss Re. Based in Swiss Re Expertise.
Height above sealevel
Height above sealevel for all locations in the Netherlands
AHN, the Netherlands.
Households with children
CBS 2006
Hypothecair bericht
Kadastrale kaart (incl. topografie)
Het uittreksel kadastrale kaart biedt u in één oogopslag de ligging van het gewenste perceel ten opzichte van omliggende percelen en geeft een globale indicatie van de ligging van de grenzen. Het is een handig hulpmiddel voor een verbouwing of tuinontwerp.
Koopsommenoverzicht
Land owner info (kadastraal eigendom)
This layer includes actual information about the beneficiaries or owners of a land plot and possible restrictions on that land. Also included the land register number, total surface in square meters, purchase sum and year of last purchase. Information in Dutch.
Kadaster 2007
Land register map (kadastrale kaart)
The situation of the land plot and surrounding plots.
Kadaster 2007
Landslides Australia
This dataset is a spatial represention of a database of landslides occurring within Australia, based on published and unpublished information and field observations. The database is under constant development.
Australian Government, GeoSience Australia.
Leefbaarometer
Hoe leefbaar is onze buurt of wijk en hoe doet onze gemeente het ten opzichte van andere gemeenten? De kaart hiernaast geeft u een antwoord op deze vraag. De kaart toont de leefbaarheid van de buurten in Nederland zoals vastgesteld door het Ministerie van VROM in 2008.
Military Expenditure
A Military Expenditure Index (MEI) determines the level of expenditure for each featured country. The index is based on the amount each government spent on its military in 2003, expressed in US$, as a percentage of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for that year. This figure is then converted into an index.
SIPRI 2005 and World Bank 2005
Natuur
Op deze kaart worden de natuurlijke gebieden in de omgeving van de locatie aangegeven. Dit kunnen o.a. zijn: bossen, hiede en water.
NBWO2
New area plans (dutch)
The new map of the Netherlands is a total overview of planned spatial developments and functional changes in the Netherlands. It concerns an integrated overview in which each type of function topic is structuraly categorised (live, work, water, nature, infrastructure). Information is in Dutch.
Nieuwe kaart van Nederland, NIROV 2009
New line plans (dutch)
Nieuwe kaart 2008
Archeological areas
Average montly income
Average monthly income in the Netherlands per postal code zone.
CBS 2004
Conflict Risk
The map identifies over 80 countries where conflict risk is present.
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2004) and the International Crisis Group (2005)
Cresta zones
Cresta zones of several countries. The zones drawn can be used to calculate the accumulation of insured risks.
GfK Geomarketing, Germany 2006
Crime Ranking US
All US States ranked by overall crime rate.
US Crime Statistics, 2005
Crime Victims SZ
Crime victims per canton in Switzerland.
Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2006
Earthquake NL
Een overzicht van de aardbevingsgevoelige gebieden in Nederland.
Financial Market Risk
This layer shows information of country specific risks to the financial system stability over a short-term financial investment time horizon.
World Bank 2005 and 2006, IMF 2005.
Flood Belgium
Freshwater flood zones calculated by Swiss Re's proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 100 years.
Bases on Swiss Re Expertise.
Flood Czech Republic
Fresh water flood zones calculated by Swiss Re's proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 50, 100, 250 and 500 years.
Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Flood Hungary
100 year and 1000 year zones based on the 1977 series of Magyarorszag arvizvedelmi terkepei, VITUKI, 1977 maps at 1:100,000 scale. Swiss Re contracted VITUKI (Water Resources Research Center Plc., Budapest) to transfer the zones to a digital format.
Based on Swiss Re Expertise
Flood Italy
Freshwater flood zones calculated by Swiss Re´s proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 100 years.
Based on Swiss Re expertise.
Flood Netherlands
The Diked Area Locations of the Netherlands were drawn by the Ministry of Transport and Waterways. It states the calculated risk of flooding for a certain area.
Dutch Ministry of Transport and Waterways 2005.
Flood Paraguay/Parana rivers
1000 year flood zones along the Paraguay/Parana rivers between Asuncion and Rosario/ Buenos Aires.
The zoning is based on the "Study of Floods of the Rivers Parana and Paraguay, Entidad binacional YACRETA", Buenos Aires, Argentina; Asuncion, Paraguay 1979, Motor Columbus y Asociados. Based on Swiss Re expertise.
Flood Risk US
FIRM flood data map.
FEMA 2008
Flood Slovakia
Fresh water flood zones calculated by Swiss Re's proprietary multiple regression approach. Zones describe naturally flooded areas affected every 20, 50, 100, 250 and 500 years.
Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Floods (recorded floods '85 - present)
The information presented in layer is derived from a wide variety of news, governmental, instrumental, and remote sensing sources. It is presented in order to facilitate research into the causes of extreme flood events and provide international warning of such floods.
Dartmouth Flood Observatory, 1985 - 2007
Forest Fire Risk
This layer provides a summary of the possible risk of forest fires in Europe from the period of February to October.
The European Forest Fire Information System - 2007
Gemiddelde koopsom
Geological Regions Australia
This data set is a break up of the Australian continent into 2-dimensional regions.
Australian Government, GeoSience Australia.
Geology Africa
Global Geological description of the African Continent.
Geology Europe
Geological description of the European Continent.
2005
Geology South America
Global Geological Description of the Southern America continent.
Hail USA
The data represents the number of hail days per year. A hail day is defined as having 1 or more hail observations within a grid cell of 80 km x 80 km (6400 square meter).
Data source: http://www.spc.noaa.gov and data processing Swiss Re. Based in Swiss Re Expertise.
Height above sealevel
Height above sealevel for all locations in the Netherlands
AHN, the Netherlands.
Households with children
CBS 2006
Hypothecair bericht
Kadastrale kaart (incl. topografie)
Het uittreksel kadastrale kaart biedt u in één oogopslag de ligging van het gewenste perceel ten opzichte van omliggende percelen en geeft een globale indicatie van de ligging van de grenzen. Het is een handig hulpmiddel voor een verbouwing of tuinontwerp.
Koopsommenoverzicht
Land owner info (kadastraal eigendom)
This layer includes actual information about the beneficiaries or owners of a land plot and possible restrictions on that land. Also included the land register number, total surface in square meters, purchase sum and year of last purchase. Information in Dutch.
Kadaster 2007
Land register map (kadastrale kaart)
The situation of the land plot and surrounding plots.
Kadaster 2007
Landslides Australia
This dataset is a spatial represention of a database of landslides occurring within Australia, based on published and unpublished information and field observations. The database is under constant development.
Australian Government, GeoSience Australia.
Leefbaarometer
Hoe leefbaar is onze buurt of wijk en hoe doet onze gemeente het ten opzichte van andere gemeenten? De kaart hiernaast geeft u een antwoord op deze vraag. De kaart toont de leefbaarheid van de buurten in Nederland zoals vastgesteld door het Ministerie van VROM in 2008.
Military Expenditure
A Military Expenditure Index (MEI) determines the level of expenditure for each featured country. The index is based on the amount each government spent on its military in 2003, expressed in US$, as a percentage of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for that year. This figure is then converted into an index.
SIPRI 2005 and World Bank 2005
Natuur
Op deze kaart worden de natuurlijke gebieden in de omgeving van de locatie aangegeven. Dit kunnen o.a. zijn: bossen, hiede en water.
NBWO2
New area plans (dutch)
The new map of the Netherlands is a total overview of planned spatial developments and functional changes in the Netherlands. It concerns an integrated overview in which each type of function topic is structuraly categorised (live, work, water, nature, infrastructure). Information is in Dutch.
Nieuwe kaart van Nederland, NIROV 2009
New line plans (dutch)
Nieuwe kaart 2008
New plans
Een overzicht van de bestemmingsplannen van de nationale overheid, provinciale overheid en gemeentelijke overheid.
OZB 2009
Onroerendezaakbelasting (OZB) is in Nederland een belasting die door gemeenten wordt geheven van eigenaren en gebruikers van onroerende zaken (zoals een eigen woning). De geheven OZB is een percentage van de WOZ waarde van de woning.
D-Base 2009
Panoramic Pictures
Cyclomedia has 360-degrees panorama images of every urban area in The Netherlands, in 10m intervals.
2008, Cyclomedia, Waardenburg, The Netherlands
Particulate Average (PM10) 2010
Average concentration of PM10 particulates in 2007.
NMP 2008
Percelen
Een overzicht van de perceelsgrenzen van de geselecteerde locatie evenals de perceelsgrenzen van aangrenzende percelen.
Permafrost
Permafrost Areas
NASA 2008
Permafrost China
The maps delineate three major geographic areas divided into regions and subregions based on geographic and climatic conditions affecting the formation and spatial variability of permafrost and frozen ground.
NSIDC User Services, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado.
Permafrost Russia
This data set includes maps of permafrost extent, permafrost temperature, the permafrost boundary, and ground ice thickness for all of Russia.
Victor Kotlyakov, Dr. in Geography, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences.
Political Risk
The map shows the incidence of political risk around the world. This map applies a Political Risk Index (PRI), a measure of political risk from 0 to 10 that is based on 2004 country data provided by the World Bank Institute (WBI).
World Bank Institute (2004)
Population figures NL
Population figures of the Netherlands, e.g. number op people, number of children, adults, elderly people, number of houses etc. Year: 2008
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2008
Precipitation
This layer shows the mean annual precipitation for the period of 1951 tot 1980. The data was gathered from 3578 stations Precipitation that reaches the surface of the earth occuring in many different forms, including rain, freezing rain, drizzle, snow, sleet, and hail.
1951 - 1980 Deichmann, Uwe and Lars Eklundh. July 1991. "Global digital data sets for land degradation studies: a GIS approach". GRID Case Study Series No. 4; UNEP/GEMS and GRID; Nairobi, Kenya; 103 pages (see pp. 24-27)
Property Information
Property Information of all privately owned houses in the Netherlands.
Dataland 2008
Property Map
Protected town face
Protected town faces. Usually old buildings represent these towns. Construction works can only be done with a restricted permit.
2005, Ministry of VROM
Seismic Hazard
The seismic hazard zones depicted in ZEUS World represent intervalls of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA, measured in m/s2) with a 10 percent chance of being exceeded in 50 years, corresponding to a return period of 475 years.
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program. Data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Soil (dutch)
Hier is met kleurcodes aangegeven wat het type ondergrond is van de locatie.
Soil (subsoil layers by boreholes)
The Lithology of the Netherlands. Soil description up to 100 metres below groundlevel.
TNO, 2008
Soil Quality
Hier wordt aangegeven of de bodem van uw locatie verontreinigd is.
Senternovem/Bodem+
Sound annoyance 2003
Cumulative sound card of 2003 added up from rail movement noise and air-traffic noise in the Netherlands.
MNP 2008
Theft Figures BE
Theft from houses and theft from cars per Belgium Province.
Belgium Federal Police 2006
Theft Figures DE
Thefts from houses and thefts from cars per German Province (gelander).
Germany federal Police 2006
Theft Figures NL
This layer gives you an insight into thefts from: - houses - sheds and garages - companies
Dutch Ministry of Justice 2006
Theft Figures UK
Burglary in offences per 1000
2006, national statistics UK
Tornado USA
The data represents the average yearly tornado occurrence by F-scale within a grid cell of 80kmx80km (6400 square meter). Only F2-F5 events were taken into account (F6 have never been observed).
Data source: http://www.spc.noaa.gov and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Asia
Listed are historical tropical cyclones reaching a wind speed of at least 59 m/s [unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn] during their lifespan. Only SS 4 and SS 5 storms on the Saffir Simpson scale (the most severe storms/hurricanes) are shown.
Data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Cyclones Australia
Listed are historical tropical cyclones reaching a wind speed of at least 59 m/s [unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn] during their lifespan. Only SS 4 and SS 5 storms on the Saffir Simpson scale (the most severe storms/hurricanes) are shown.
Data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gust Africa
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn].
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gust USA
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn].
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gusts Asia
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn].
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gusts Australasia
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn. The estimation of the local peak gust speed is based on a systematic analysis of a large set of meteorological data on historical tropical cyclones.
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Cyclones USA
Listed are historical tropical cyclones reaching a wind speed of at least 59 m/s [unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn] during their lifespan. Only SS 4 and SS 5 storms on the Saffir Simpson scale (the most severe storms/hurricanes) are shown.
Data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Storm Risk
Tropical Storm Risk
University of Hawaii, 2008
Tsunami (recorded tsunami's from 1600)
Recorded Tsunami's from 1600 within a 50 km radius of the selected location. Latest record: 2006
2006, NGDC
Vergunningen
Volcanic Risk
This layer shows density of volcanic eruptions based on the explosivity index for each eruption and the time period of the eruption. Eruption information is spread to 100km beyond point source to indicate areas that could be affected by volcanic emissions or ground shaking.
Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program
Wildfires Asia
The layer contains large wildfires from March 2000 through December 2005 and was produced from a data feed from the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) at the University of Hawaii (UH).
University of Hawaii
Wildfires North America
Recorded Wildfires in the US as recorded by the MODIS satellite. NASA 2006
NASA and the USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing. Year of dataset: 2006
Wind Speed Gusts Europe
European winterstorm hazard (October-March), maximum recorded gust speed since 1946. The estimation of the local maximum gust speed is based on a catalogue of all major European windstorm events between 1946 and 1999.
Extratropical data source: EUROWIND, jointly developed by Swiss Re and EQECat. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Woningwaarde
Een overzicht van de bestemmingsplannen van de nationale overheid, provinciale overheid en gemeentelijke overheid.
OZB 2009
Onroerendezaakbelasting (OZB) is in Nederland een belasting die door gemeenten wordt geheven van eigenaren en gebruikers van onroerende zaken (zoals een eigen woning). De geheven OZB is een percentage van de WOZ waarde van de woning.
D-Base 2009
Panoramic Pictures
Cyclomedia has 360-degrees panorama images of every urban area in The Netherlands, in 10m intervals.
2008, Cyclomedia, Waardenburg, The Netherlands
Particulate Average (PM10) 2010
Average concentration of PM10 particulates in 2007.
NMP 2008
Percelen
Een overzicht van de perceelsgrenzen van de geselecteerde locatie evenals de perceelsgrenzen van aangrenzende percelen.
Permafrost
Permafrost Areas
NASA 2008
Permafrost China
The maps delineate three major geographic areas divided into regions and subregions based on geographic and climatic conditions affecting the formation and spatial variability of permafrost and frozen ground.
NSIDC User Services, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado.
Permafrost Russia
This data set includes maps of permafrost extent, permafrost temperature, the permafrost boundary, and ground ice thickness for all of Russia.
Victor Kotlyakov, Dr. in Geography, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences.
Political Risk
The map shows the incidence of political risk around the world. This map applies a Political Risk Index (PRI), a measure of political risk from 0 to 10 that is based on 2004 country data provided by the World Bank Institute (WBI).
World Bank Institute (2004)
Population figures NL
Population figures of the Netherlands, e.g. number op people, number of children, adults, elderly people, number of houses etc. Year: 2008
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2008
Precipitation
This layer shows the mean annual precipitation for the period of 1951 tot 1980. The data was gathered from 3578 stations Precipitation that reaches the surface of the earth occuring in many different forms, including rain, freezing rain, drizzle, snow, sleet, and hail.
1951 - 1980 Deichmann, Uwe and Lars Eklundh. July 1991. "Global digital data sets for land degradation studies: a GIS approach". GRID Case Study Series No. 4; UNEP/GEMS and GRID; Nairobi, Kenya; 103 pages (see pp. 24-27)
Property Information
Property Information of all privately owned houses in the Netherlands.
Dataland 2008
Property Map
Protected town face
Protected town faces. Usually old buildings represent these towns. Construction works can only be done with a restricted permit.
2005, Ministry of VROM
Seismic Hazard
The seismic hazard zones depicted in ZEUS World represent intervalls of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA, measured in m/s2) with a 10 percent chance of being exceeded in 50 years, corresponding to a return period of 475 years.
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program. Data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Soil (dutch)
Hier is met kleurcodes aangegeven wat het type ondergrond is van de locatie.
Soil (subsoil layers by boreholes)
The Lithology of the Netherlands. Soil description up to 100 metres below groundlevel.
TNO, 2008
Soil Quality
Hier wordt aangegeven of de bodem van uw locatie verontreinigd is.
Senternovem/Bodem+
Sound annoyance 2003
Cumulative sound card of 2003 added up from rail movement noise and air-traffic noise in the Netherlands.
MNP 2008
Theft Figures BE
Theft from houses and theft from cars per Belgium Province.
Belgium Federal Police 2006
Theft Figures DE
Thefts from houses and thefts from cars per German Province (gelander).
Germany federal Police 2006
Theft Figures NL
This layer gives you an insight into thefts from: - houses - sheds and garages - companies
Dutch Ministry of Justice 2006
Theft Figures UK
Burglary in offences per 1000
2006, national statistics UK
Tornado USA
The data represents the average yearly tornado occurrence by F-scale within a grid cell of 80kmx80km (6400 square meter). Only F2-F5 events were taken into account (F6 have never been observed).
Data source: http://www.spc.noaa.gov and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Asia
Listed are historical tropical cyclones reaching a wind speed of at least 59 m/s [unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn] during their lifespan. Only SS 4 and SS 5 storms on the Saffir Simpson scale (the most severe storms/hurricanes) are shown.
Data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Cyclones Australia
Listed are historical tropical cyclones reaching a wind speed of at least 59 m/s [unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn] during their lifespan. Only SS 4 and SS 5 storms on the Saffir Simpson scale (the most severe storms/hurricanes) are shown.
Data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gust Africa
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn].
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gust USA
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn].
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gusts Asia
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn].
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Tropical Cyclones Peak Gusts Australasia
Tropical cyclone peak gust speed with a return period of 50 years[unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn. The estimation of the local peak gust speed is based on a systematic analysis of a large set of meteorological data on historical tropical cyclones.
Tropical data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Cyclones USA
Listed are historical tropical cyclones reaching a wind speed of at least 59 m/s [unit m/s; 1m/s=3.6 km/h=2.24 kn] during their lifespan. Only SS 4 and SS 5 storms on the Saffir Simpson scale (the most severe storms/hurricanes) are shown.
Data source: www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane/ and data processing by Swiss Re.
Tropical Storm Risk
Tropical Storm Risk
University of Hawaii, 2008
Tsunami (recorded tsunami's from 1600)
Recorded Tsunami's from 1600 within a 50 km radius of the selected location. Latest record: 2006
2006, NGDC
Vergunningen
Volcanic Risk
This layer shows density of volcanic eruptions based on the explosivity index for each eruption and the time period of the eruption. Eruption information is spread to 100km beyond point source to indicate areas that could be affected by volcanic emissions or ground shaking.
Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program
Wildfires Asia
The layer contains large wildfires from March 2000 through December 2005 and was produced from a data feed from the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) at the University of Hawaii (UH).
University of Hawaii
Wildfires North America
Recorded Wildfires in the US as recorded by the MODIS satellite. NASA 2006
NASA and the USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing. Year of dataset: 2006
Wind Speed Gusts Europe
European winterstorm hazard (October-March), maximum recorded gust speed since 1946. The estimation of the local maximum gust speed is based on a catalogue of all major European windstorm events between 1946 and 1999.
Extratropical data source: EUROWIND, jointly developed by Swiss Re and EQECat. Based on Swiss Re Expertise.
Woningwaarde