---
name: gebco-gridded-bathymetry-ingestion
description: "How to get GEBCO global gridded bathymetry (GEBCO_2026 Grid) data into a pandas DataFrame and Parquet: access, the request, the format, limits, quirks and terms."
---

# Probe GEBCO gridded bathymetry data page

Source entry: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/gebco-gridded-bathymetry
Provider: https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/
Checked against the provider's documentation: 2026-11-05

## Access
- No key for the public GEBCO gridded bathymetry data page and downloads.

## Request
```bash
curl -I 'https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/'
```

## Format
HTML GEBCO_2026 Grid overview page linking GeoTIFF/NetCDF downloads by user-defined area, OPeNDAP and WMS.

## Load into pandas and Parquet
Needs Python 3 with requests, pandas and pyarrow.
```python
"""Check the GEBCO gridded bathymetry page reachability -> pandas -> Parquet."""
import pandas as pd
import requests

UA = {"User-Agent": "SignalLabCheck/1.0"}
r = requests.get("https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/", headers=UA, timeout=60, allow_redirects=True)
df = pd.DataFrame([{"url": r.url, "status": r.status_code, "bytes": len(r.content), "mentions_public_domain": "public domain" in r.text.lower()}])
df.to_parquet("gebco_bathymetry_probe.parquet", index=False)
print(df)

```
Run by us on 2026-11-05 (python 3 | pandas | pyarrow | requests). Result: GEBCO gridded bathymetry data page returned HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05; page text includes the public-domain use statement.

## Limits
- Not stated numeric rate limit.
- This skill does not download a grid file, only the documentation page.

## Quirks
- Releases are annual (2019-2026 listed); check the version before citing a GEBCO year.
- A Type Identifier (TID) grid flags the source/quality of each cell.

## Terms and attribution
- Public domain with requested attribution, per the GEBCO page.
- Terms page: https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/

## Sources
- https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/: "The GEBCO Grid is placed in the public domain and may be used free of charge. Use of the GEBCO Grid indicates that the user accepts the conditions of use and disclaimer information."
- https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/: "the GEBCO_2026 Grid, is a global terrain model for ocean and land, providing elevation data, in meters, on a 15 arc-second interval grid"

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