Data from Reseach Institutions and Non-Government Organizations
Downloadable Data Web Services
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World Data Center (WDC) for Human Interactions in the Environment, Columbia University
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wdc/index.jspClick "find data" and "Browse Data" to see data collections. Some of the GIS and tabular data that can be joined to GIS layers are:
- Global and National Poverty Data http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/ds_info.jsp
- Gridded Population of the World http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/index.jsp
- Last of the Wild Data Version 2, 2005 (Global Human Footprint data, Global Human Influence Index data, Global List of the Wild data) http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wildareas/downloads.jsp
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Atlas of the Biosphere, University of Wisconsin - Madison
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/atlas/index.phpHost maps and downloadable GIS data in the following general categories: Human, Land Use, Ecosystems, Water Resources
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Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno
http://www.unr.edu/Geothermal/datalist.htmlDatasets include geochemical, geologic, geophysical, geothermal, groundwater and other data related to the exploration of geothermal potentials in the Great Basin region.
- Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at The Newberry Library in Chicago
http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/index.html







