GEOG 341: GIS for Social Scientists

"GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an interactive web map viewer. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world."

Provides boundary files for the globe based on GADM (Global Administrative Areas), but also shapefiles of infrastructure.

"Focusing on human interactions in the environment, SEDAC has as its mission to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and earth science data and to serve as an "Information Gateway" between earth sciences and social sciences."

"Geofabrik provides you with geodata that matches your needs. We mainly work with free data from the OpenStreetMap project and use the lean OpenStreetMap tools for cartography of all kind."

"The United Nations Geospatial Hub is the geospatial gateway to data, documents, maps, web-services, and references to the United Nations Secretariat and System activities on geospatial information, committee of experts, mapping groups, and other relevant geo-resources."

"HydroSHEDS data are freely available in standard GIS formats and form the geospatial framework for a broad range of assessments including hydrological, environmental, conservation, socioeconomic, and human health applications."

GIS data on population & poverty, agriculture, land cover & land form, base data, elevation, rainfall, biodiversity & wildlife, tourism, water, and a variety of other topics.

"The Atlas of Urban Expansion provides the geographic and quantitative dimensions of urban expansion and its key attributes in cities the world over. The data and images are available for free downloading, for scholars, public officials, planners, those engaged in international development, and concerned citizens."