GIS DATA
GIS DATA Resources
Welcome! This page provides a number of links to a variety of datasets. From local to international, to the government to UNR subscribed data list of datasets. This is by no means comprehensive.
Federal Data Sources
Federal Data Resources
- USGS - EarthExplorer
- US Census Bureau GIS Maps & Data
- American FactFinder
- TIGER = Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
- TigerWEB
- Data.gov - U.S. Government open data
- NASA Open Data Portal
- Bureau of Land Management Geospatial Data
- USGS Data and Tools
- USGS Data Management Resources
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- CDC Wonder - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. Public Health)
- NOAA NWS - National Weather Service GIS Portal
International Data Sources
International Data
- Our World In Data - world data
- United Nations (UN) Data
- UNSD - United Nations Statistical Databases
- Global Water Forum - List of Data and Tools
- The World Bank Open Data - Free and open access to global development data
- GDELT Project - Open dataset of global human society
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AQUASTAT Comprehensive statistics and other information on the state of agricultural water management worldwide, with emphasis on developing countries and countries in transition. Includes tools for estimating and mapping climate, water availability and irrigation use. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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World Bank Data Catalog The World Bank Group provides free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards, finances, and energy data around the globe - over 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.
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Data-Planet Statistical DatasetsUNR Netid is required.
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LandScan Global Population DatabaseUNR Netid is required.
Nevada and Local Data Sources
STATE and LOCAL Data Sources (NEVADA)
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Nevada Historical Census Find Nevada residents recorded in the U.S. Census for the years 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920. Includes searches based on: Geographic Location; Family & Relationship; Place of Birth, Nationality & Citizenship; Health; and Work & Economics.
UNR Data Sources
UNR Database's with available DATA
Some of these Databases will require an active student, faculty or staff NetID to access UNR databases.
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Social ExplorerTrial ends December 31, 2020. Please let us know what you think.
A web-based mapping and data visualization tool that provides historical and recent U.S. Census Data. This interactive interface grants access to census data ranging from 1790 to the most recently available data. Users can examine change over time and interpret patterns from the raw numbers.
Other Data Sources
Other Data Resources
- Github - "Awesome Public Data Set"
- WebGIS - Digital Terrain, Land Use and Digital Line Data
- Open Topography - Data and Tools
- Free GIS Data
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)
- PRISM Climate Group - Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering, Oregon State University - Climate Data
- GeoComm - GIS Data Hub
- Stanford University Earthworks
- Re3data.org - Large directory of datasets that are available at institutional repositories.
- Pew Research Center - Raw data from Pew Surveys.
- SEER - Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (Premier Source for Cancer Stats in the US)
- AWS (Amazon Web Services) Public Data Sets