When looking for neighborhood information, it’s often a good idea to check local city resources such as city government, universities or colleges located in the city, and area associations. Local institutions of higher education are likely to have guides to city information on their library web sites and might even have maps and GIS data…
China Historical GIS CHGIS is a repository of historical and current spatial data about China. Data is available for download for free for academic uses. Registration is required. “Having downloaded the CHGIS datasets, the user can search the database for administrative units and capitals for any given time in Chinese history, can create customized digital…
Monitoring Minnesota’s Changing Landscapes Research of the University of Minnesota’s Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory. From the home page: This website provides a series of maps and statistics about land cover, impervious surface area and landscape change, derived from satellite imagery, in Minnesota from 1986 to the present. Accurate and consistent information about land…
Flash Earth: Satellite and Aerial Imagery of the Earth in Flash View and compare imagery and map layers from Google Maps, Microsoft VE (aerial and labels), Yahoo! Maps, Ask.com (aerial and physical), OpenLayers, and NASA Terra servers — all within your browser. No downloads necessary.
Free GIS Data & Imagery GeoBlog If you are a GIS user, this blog is a great way to stay current on data being published and made available to the public.
Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) A database of over 100 political, economic, social, and cultural indicators for 196 countries drawn from open sources. “The data set provides at-a-glance global overviews, issue-based perspectives and country performance measures. Currently, the data set includes measures of domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic…
GEsource – World Guide – GIS Application – 2005 European Data An interactive map of Europe using 2005 CIA World Factbook data. Good for: Visualizing publicly accessible socioeconomic data about Europe. It’s a little tricky to learn, but some of the visualization tools are excellent for demonstrating the relationships between statistics and mapping. Geographic coverage:…
Maplecroft’s Global Maps series announced two new maps today. Maplecroft’s Global map of aid explores the contributions made by developed country governments and their role in development, specifically the Millennium Development Goals. It is intimately linked with the map of debt through the issue of debt relief, the advantages and disadvantages of which are discussed…
CensusScope: Census 2000 Data, Charts, Maps, and Rankings is a great supplement to the United States Census’s FactFinder web site. It’s strength is its graphics which help make Census data more clear and accessible to a wider audience. With just a few clicks, you can view maps, trend lines, charts and rankings for your state,…
The Human Development Reports (HDR) from the UNDP are now freed from their pdfs. At the newly redesigned HDR site, you can find statistical data and their documentation, either in published table format or in animated graphics. You can also create your own tables for download. What I like best is the ability to browse…