Data, Mapping and Analysis Tools & Resources

Connect to public GIS data from government GIS Server links provided. Full of all kinds of government data. Updated weekly

Presents statistics covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture.

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project. ACLED collects the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events across Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Southeastern and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The ACLED team conducts analysis to describe, explore, and test conflict scenarios, and makes both data and analysis open for free use by the public.

Google spreadsheet listing/describing cell mobility data from three source companies: SafeGraph, PlaceIQ, and UberMedia

Pitch Interactive and the Census 2020 Data Co-op (supported by the Google News Initiative) have partnered to share an embeddable map that displays Census data at the national level, as well as for states, counties, and census tracts. The Census data are pulled from the data collected and processed by The Associated Press, one of the Census Co-op partners.

EnviroMapper for Envirofacts, a single point of access to select U.S. EPA environmental data. Free to use

The Geospatial Data Gateway (GDG) is the One Stop Source for environmental and natural resources data.

A collection of 7,908 worldwide and regional geographic data layers, scanned historic maps and associated descriptive information that can be searched mapped and downloaded for use with your GIS software.

Includes links to datasets as well as individual international statistical agencies

Free aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2015.

GIS data with a Meteorological slant issued by the National Weather Service

An open source, federated web application framework to rapidly discover, preview and retrieve geospatial data from multiple repositories.

The Opportunity Atlas answers this question using anonymous data following 20 million Americans from childhood to their mid-30s.

On the closely integrated website SDG-Tracker.org we present the data and research on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2015, all countries in the world signed up to reach the SDGs by 2030 and we built this site to track progress towards them. Our SDG-Tracker is a widely accessed publication that presents all the latest available data on the 232 SDG-Indicators with which the 17 Goals are assessed.

A resource that provides access to free downloads of various layers of National Geospatial Data.

Links to additional Federal GIS Datasets including NRCS Soil Survey datasets

Browse The World Bank projects and datasets to gain insights across areas of interest including regions, countries, custom areas and more.

World Heritage Sites: Africa links visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites. The collection includes more than 50,000 photographs, 3D models, GIS data, site plans, aerial and satellite photography, images of rock art, excavation reports, manuscripts, traveler's accounts, historical and antiquarian maps, books, articles, and other scholarly research.

World Population Review's goal is to make this data more accessible through graphs, charts, analysis and visualizations. We also strive to present the most recent information available, and develop our own projections based on recent growth. World Population Review is an independent organization without political affiliations.

Elon students, staff & faculty have access.
An easy-to-use online mapping with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more in communities across the US. Data is taken from more than 150 authoritative public and proprietary sources.