United Kingdom data sources

From CollabLandWiki

This is a listing of data sources (Category:Data sources} that are free and in the public domain. Specifically this is data that is commonly used in the process of design for analysis and design purposes. The data includes but is not limited to GIS, mapping, and image sources. If you are adding a data source that is not in the public domain please indicate to the best of your knowledge the copyright associated with the source.

Contents 1 Anthropology 2 Archaeology 3 Biology 4 Climate 5 Culture 6 Ecology 7 Economics 8 Energy 9 Engineering 10 Geography and maps 10.1 Vector data 10.2 Raster data 11 Geology and Earth science 12 History 13 Images 13.1 Historical images 13.2 Art 14 Public affairs 15 Statistics 16 Transport

Anthropology

Archaeology

Biology

Climate

• World Monthly Surface Station Climatology, 1738-cont almost 200 MB of weather data from over 4700 stations starting in 1738.

Culture

• UNESCO Public Domain Resources and Virtual Library

Ecology

Economics

Energy

• Library of public domain images of operational Solar Power projects

From the World-wide Information System for Renewable Energy (WIRE), which is a service provided by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES - [1])

Engineering

Geography and maps

• The National Map
• The Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Vector data

Raster data

Geology and Earth science

• U.S. Geological Survey

History

Images

Historical images

• http://fromoldbooks.org/ Collection images scanned from various old books that are now in the public domain. Searchable. Used to be at http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/pictures/oldbooks/
• http://www.john-leech-archive.org.uk/ John Leech sketch archives 1841 until 1864 from Punch magazine The page states they are long out of copyright and that they are believed to be public domain.

Art

Public affairs

Statistics

Transport