Archer Library: Data Services: International GIS Data

International Resources

ArcGIS Data and Maps (formally ESRI Data and Maps)
Provides online access to spatial data layers that can be used with the latest version of ArcGIS software.
USGS EarthExplorer
Allows users to search, download, and order data held in USGS archives.
UC Berkeley GeoData Repository
Berkeley's database of spatial data. Users can search by institution, data type, placename, subject, or location. Data will be labelled by public use, type of data, and institution.
Natural Earth - Free Vector and Raster Map Data
Features international raster and vector map data that is in the public domain. Does not require permissions or crediting, but citation is best practice.

Australia Open Government
Central source of Australian open government data. Anyone can access the anonymised public data published by federal, state and local government agencies.

ESRI Asia
India Geo-Platform of ISRO
Allows the user to select, browse and download the Earth observation data of ISRO IRS satellites.
OCHA - Pakistan
Statistical Maps of Japan
Various statistical maps provided by the Statistics Bureau of Japan.

China:

Beijing City Lab
Downloadable micro-data and maps for Beijing and greater China.
SEDAC China Dimensions
Geographic Information System (GIS) databases that cover the administrative regions of China, presented at a scale of 1:1,000,000.

Africa Infrastructure Knowledge Program
Africover
Africover is a United Nations project which collects and collates geographical information on Africa using satellites.
Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment
CARPE is a long-term initiative of the United States Government to promote sustainable forest management, biodiversity convservation, and climate change mitigation in the Congo Basin through increased local, national, and regional natural resource management capacity.
ESRI Africa
SAFARI 2000
The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) project was an international science initiative to study the linkages between land and atmosphere processes conducted from 1999-2001 in the southern African region

ESPON
The ESPON EGTC is a European Grouping on Territorial Cooperation. ESPON started in 2002 and have continued since then building a pan-European knowledge base related to territorial dynamics.
ESRI Europe
Eurostat
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union.
European Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union, whose task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment.

United Kingdom:

London Datastore
The London Datastore is a free and open data-sharing portal where anyone can access data relating to the United Kingdom's capital.
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey creates, maintains and distributes detailed location information for Great Britain. They record and keep 500 million geospatial features in the Ordnance Survey (OS) master map up-to-date.
Rural England GIS
Maps of 19th century rural settlements and terrain.

British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is an interdisciplinary council that uses the polar regions to advance our understanding of Earth as a sustainable planet.
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is a thematic organisation of the International Science Council (ISC) charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region.

United States:

USGS
Browse real-time data, data releases, provisional data and more.
EarthExplorer
Satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Data.gov
Open data from the U.S. government.
NOAA
NOAA are the United States' leading authority for environmental data, and manage one of the largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic research in the world.
Data by State
List of GIS resources by state.