Geospatial oversight for critical infrastructure
The Clear View Into Dam Stability
Explore the world's most significant dam infrastructure with a focused interface for condition context, monitoring signals, and engineering decision support.
Explore damsDams
Explore dams through interactive map and data-driven insights
About
Understanding Global Dam Infrastructure
The Dam Stability Inspector is a geospatial initiative dedicated to cataloging, monitoring, and analyzing dam infrastructure around the world. Our mission is to make complex dam data accessible for researchers, operators, and public-sector teams.
Global coverage
Comprehensive database spanning dams across every continent, from major hydropower projects to smaller regional infrastructure.
Collaborative research
Built by researchers, engineers, and policy experts working together to document and analyze dam infrastructure worldwide.
Data accuracy
Verified information sourced from government records, international organizations, and on-site surveys.
Impact analysis
Detailed metrics on environmental impact, power generation, water management, and socioeconomic effects.
2,500+
Dams cataloged
85
Countries
150+
Contributors
10 TB
Data collected
Partners
Built with partners who understand infrastructure at scale
The platform is growing through collaboration between geospatial specialists, development institutions, and domain experts. Current partners help shape both the data foundation and the way the product is used in practice.
Geospatial partner
GISAT
GISAT contributes geospatial engineering, remote sensing workflows, and product design for turning dam data into usable spatial tools.
Institutional partner
World Bank
The World Bank supports broader infrastructure context, development alignment, and collaboration around globally relevant dam datasets.