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*[http://www.wolframalpha.com Wolfram|Alpha]
*[http://www.wolframalpha.com Wolfram|Alpha]
*[http://lib.berkeley.edu/wikis/datalab/Main/GoogleSearch Social Science Data Search] Google Custom Search Engine @ Berkeley Library (targets 800+ academic, government agency, non-profit, and other web sites that provide high quality, downloadable statistical information and data sets. Emphasis is on data pertaining to the social sciences, health, developing countries, energy, natural resources, and the environment)
*[http://lib.berkeley.edu/wikis/datalab/Main/GoogleSearch Social Science Data Search] Google Custom Search Engine @ Berkeley Library (targets 800+ academic, government agency, non-profit, and other web sites that provide high quality, downloadable statistical information and data sets. Emphasis is on data pertaining to the social sciences, health, developing countries, energy, natural resources, and the environment)
*[https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/dataset Google Dataset Search]


== Misc ==
== Misc ==  


*[http://hcil.cs.umd.edu/localphp/hcil/vast/archive/ Visual Analytics Benchmark Repository]
*[http://hcil.cs.umd.edu/localphp/hcil/vast/archive/ Visual Analytics Benchmark Repository]
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*[http://www.correlatesofwar.org/ Correlates of War] All wars in a CSV file.
*[http://www.correlatesofwar.org/ Correlates of War] All wars in a CSV file.
*[http://www.ihapss.jhsph.edu/data/NMMAPS/documentation/frame.htm NMMAPS] health, climate, pollution time series
*[http://www.ihapss.jhsph.edu/data/NMMAPS/documentation/frame.htm NMMAPS] health, climate, pollution time series
*[http://www.quandl.com/ Quandl] financial, economic and social datasets
*[http://openfoodfacts.org/ Open Food Facts] Open Food Facts is a free, open and collaborative database of food products from the entire world.
*[https://www.wikidata.org/ Wikidata] Wikidata is a free linked database that can be read and edited by both humans and machines.
*[https://aws.amazon.com/public-data-sets/ AWS Public Data Sets] AWS hosts a variety of public data sets that anyone can access for free.
*[http://www.makeovermonday.co.uk/data/ Makeover Monday] Datasets available from the Makeover Monday initiative
*[https://datahub.io Datahub] the free, powerful data management platform from Open Knowledge International, based on the CKAN data management system.


== Medicine ==
== Medicine ==
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*[http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap]
*[http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap]
*[http://www.geocommons.com/ GeoCommons] Both data and a mapmaker
*[http://www.geocommons.com/ GeoCommons] Both data and a mapmaker
*[http://www.gadm.org/country Global Administrative Areas] administrative borders for many countries in the world in different formats
*[http://www.datamaps.eu/2013/07/17/oesterreichs-verwaltungsgrenzen-im-geojson-format/ Austrias borders in GeoJSON]


== World ==
== World ==
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*[http://stats.oecd.org/ OECD Statistics] Major source for economic indicators.
*[http://stats.oecd.org/ OECD Statistics] Major source for economic indicators.
*[http://data.worldbank.org World Bank] Data for hundreds of indicators and developer-friendly.
*[http://data.worldbank.org World Bank] Data for hundreds of indicators and developer-friendly.
*[http://aiddata.org AidData] Open Data for International Development
*[https://github.com/factbook/factbook.json factbook.json] World Factbook Country Profiles in JSON - Free Open Public Domain Data


== Open Government Data / Government and Politics==
== Open Government Data / Government and Politics==
=== European Union ===
*[http://www.europeandataportal.eu/ European Data Portal]
=== Austria ===
=== Austria ===
*[http://gov.opendata.at Open Government Data Austria]
*[http://gov.opendata.at Open Government Data Austria]
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*[http://data.gv.at Offene Daten Österreich]
*[http://data.gv.at Offene Daten Österreich]
*[http://data.umweltbundesamt.at/ data.umweltbundesamt.at] Environment Agency Austria
*[http://data.umweltbundesamt.at/ data.umweltbundesamt.at] Environment Agency Austria
*[http://www.datamaps.eu/2013/07/17/oesterreichs-verwaltungsgrenzen-im-geojson-format/ Austrias borders in GeoJSON]


=== UK ===
=== UK ===
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== BioVis Contest Datasets ==
== BioVis Contest Datasets ==
* [http://www.biovis.net/year/2013/info/contest-data BioVis 2013 Contest] Protein Mutations and their effect on Protein Function
* [http://www.biovis.net/year/2013/info/contest-data BioVis 2013 Contest] Protein Mutations and their effect on Protein Function
== Network Data ==
* [https://snap.stanford.edu/data/ SNAP] Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection by Jure Leskovec


== Other Lists ==
== Other Lists ==
*[http://graphics.stanford.edu/~klingner/online_databases.html Jeff Klingner's List of Online Databases]
*[http://graphics.stanford.edu/~klingner/online_databases.html Jeff Klingner's List of Online Databases]
*[http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2013/07/a-big-collection-of-sites-and-services-for-accessing-data/ Essential Resources: A big collection of sites and services for accessing data] (by Andy Kirk)


== Tools for Creating Synthetic Datasets ==
== Tools for Creating Synthetic Datasets ==

Revision as of 07:24, 10 September 2018

Search Engines

  • Wolfram|Alpha
  • Social Science Data Search Google Custom Search Engine @ Berkeley Library (targets 800+ academic, government agency, non-profit, and other web sites that provide high quality, downloadable statistical information and data sets. Emphasis is on data pertaining to the social sciences, health, developing countries, energy, natural resources, and the environment)
  • Google Dataset Search

Misc

Medicine

Geography

(based on a list in Nathan Yau's book "Visualize This")

  • TIGER From the Census Bureau, probably the most extensive detailed data about roads, railroads, rivers, and ZIP codes you can find.
  • OpenStreetMap
  • GeoCommons Both data and a mapmaker


World

(based on a list in Nathan Yau's book "Visualize This")


  • AidData Open Data for International Development
  • factbook.json World Factbook Country Profiles in JSON - Free Open Public Domain Data

Open Government Data / Government and Politics

European Union

Austria

UK

  • Data.gov.uk Catalog for data supplied by government organizations.

USA

  • Census Bureau extensive demographics.
  • Data.gov Catalog for data supplied by government organizations.
  • DataSF Data specific to San Francisco.
  • NYC Data specific to New York.
  • Follow the Money Big set of tools and datasets to investigate money in state politics.
  • OpenSecrets provides details on government spending and lobbying.

InfoVis Contest Datasets

BioVis Contest Datasets

Network Data

  • SNAP Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection by Jure Leskovec

Other Lists

Tools for Creating Synthetic Datasets

Map Data