Data Sources
- Mikki Arimitsu
- May 7, 2019
- 1 min read
General
● Newer National Map
www.viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer
● USGS EarthExplorer
www.earthexplorer.usgs.gov
● ESRI Living Atlas
https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/browse/#s=0
● OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/
● Wikimapia http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.432900&lon=-119.837100&z=12&m=b
● US Census
Physical Geography
● USGS for anything related to physical geography
https://www.usgs.gov/products/data-and-tools/data-and-tools-topics
● Protected areas
https://www.protectedplanet.net/
● Biochemical, climate zones, etc.
https://daac.ornl.gov/
● Forest and wildlife management
https://www.fws.gov/gis/data/national/
● Natural disasters
http://www.emdat.be/
● Transportation
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/gis/datalibrary/
Human Geography (Demographic, Political and Social)
● World Bank (vast collection)
http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx
● Vast Collection for US
Data.gov
● Economic
https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/index_api.php
● US National Bureau of Economic Analysis
https://www.bea.gov/
● National Bureau of Economic Research
https://www.nber.org/data/
● Politics and voting behavior
https://www.govtrack.us/ http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/download/datacenter_all_NoData.php
● Public health and diseases
https://usa.ipums.org/usa/
● Social issues and social behavior
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
● Youth Population Demographics
https://www.prb.org/2017-world-population-data-sheet/
● Crime