data_sources.md

In skgrange/gissr: Tools To Make Working With R and Spatial Data Easier

Spatial data sources

United Kingdom

• Ordnance survey
  • Vector maps
  • Boundaries
• Office of National Statistics
  • Output areas
  • Built-up areas
• Spatial Data Catalogue
• Northern Ireland open data

London

• London data
  • http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/statistical-gis-boundary-files-london
  • http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/2011-boundary-files

Scotland

• Scottish Natural Heritage

New Zealand

• LINZ
• DOC

Worldwide

• Koordinates
  • Good for New Zealand data too
• Geofabrik's OpenStreetMap extracts
  • Data updated daily and filtered to many areas

Other useful places to visit

• GPS visualizer
• Spatial reference
• rastervis package notes
• Spatial data in R: Using R as a GIS
• ggplot2 and projections
• Spatial cheatsheet
• Raster data in R

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