Research Guides: CBE493L / CBE494L: Site Selection

Mapping Databases

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Map various demographic and socioeconomic variables from United States Census, Statistics Canada, UK Data Centre, and Eurostat. Download maps/data. Coverage: 1790-present.
Users must create and log into your personal account on Social Explorer.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Visualize and map thousands of socioeconomic variables covering the United States (local to national). Create reports on specific Census geographies. Download reports, data, and maps. Coverage: 2000-present.
LandScan 2015 This link opens in a new window
NOTE: select the world map on landing page
A Global Population database developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Shows geographical distribution of population at one-kilometer resolution over an average 24 hour period. Coverage: 2015
Click the map to enter site

Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC)
EDAC’s vision is to be a center of expertise in the Geospatial Technology. EDAC is well known among Federal agencies; state, local and tribal governments; professional societies, organizations; and advisory bodies nationally and internationally; and serve the spatial needs of these communities by utilizing Geospatial Technologies.
NM Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS)
The RGIS Program mission is to develop and expand geographic information and use of GIS technology, creating a comprehensive GIS resource for state and local governments, etc.
USGS Earth Explorer
Digital USGS data including satellite imagery, digital aerial photos, and map products.

Data.Census.Gov This link opens in a new window
Access to the United States Census Bureau's population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Coverage: 2000-present.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics This link opens in a new window
A leading source of statistics and documents on the United States transportation systems used for moving people and goods, and on their impacts on the economy, society and the environment.

Bureau of Economic Analysis This link opens in a new window
Economic statistics of national, regional, industry, and international accounts, including gross domestic product (GDP), personal income, corporate profits, and international transaction statistics. Coverage 1929-present.

American Time Use Survey (BLS)
This BLS survey measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.
American Housing Survey (U.S. Census data)
Building Permits Survey (U.S. Census)
HUD eGIS Open Data Storefront

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Nine major datasets from the US Census (microdata samples) and other federal agencies on education, health, environment; and even international population data.
Zillow Research Data
Download rental data, real estate inventory and sales data

NBER Working Papers (National Bureau Of Economic Research) This link opens in a new window
Working papers, data, and other research conducted by hundreds of top economic scholars. Studies employ many different methods covering many economic topics. Coverage: 1920s-present.

ICPSR (datasets) This link opens in a new window
The Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR) maintains a dataset archive of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Each study's dataset provides documentation (e.g. codebook), and a bibliography of published articles that used the data. Data offered in many formats.
Must create an ICPSR account to download data. Coverage: 1700s-present.

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